Disabling Novice Network chat

[Pintsized]

I wouldn't recommend following the advice to disable Novice status altogether, as it possibly incurs an EXP loss.

This is not true! You'll never LOSE XP and the only time you'll not get BONUS XP is if you're partying with a mentor:

When a new adventurer and a mentor form a party, they both receive a bonus to experience points earned from adventuring activities. This experience point bonus applies until level 20.

http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Mentor_System#Experience_Point_Bonus

It's far easier to simply "/nas off" and be done with the whole tedious system, and the more tedious random ninja channel joins you never ask for or are asked if you want.

[Niwashi]

This is not true! You'll never LOSE XP and the only time you'll not get BONUS XP is if you're partying with a mentor:

When a new adventurer and a mentor form a party, they both receive a bonus to experience points earned from adventuring activities. This experience point bonus applies until level 20.

So you start by saying it's not true, only to then point out in the very next sentence when it is true?

Quite a few players have the mentor status, and it's quite common to get grouped up with one of them. Every time you do while on a level 20 or below class, you'd be losing out on that XP bonus by having turned off your New Adventurer status. Maybe that doesn't matter to you, but to anyone who cares, it is a real effect of the "/nas off" option.