First Time bonus - abandon?

[Souljacker]

Short answer: No they do not get the bonus if the First Timer leaves.

Long Answer:WTF has come over the community? I remember not that long ago people actually going out of thier way to be supportive and helpful of first timers? Is it because we got an influx of players form other MMOs? if So keep that kind of behavior to yourselves and spend a long time in introspection.

Be careful about blaming other mmos. In fact, this community is one of the most toxic I've ever seen and that's even accounting for WoW at the height of its popularity circa Lich King. There's nothing special about this community that makes it the 'nice' one and all the bad people coming in are from 'other mmos'. Some of the WORST players here are the ones you click on and they have all jobs at cap. That's not someone from some other mmo.

That's a FFXIV native. Those are the players that need to chill out already.