Quote Originally Posted by Rowde View Post
Yeah well... something not adding up. I have a bunch of alt characters that I had crafting ambitions for back in the day, and was slowly leveling them all up over time. Changes to crafting/desynthesis in SB and ShB have culled those ambitions. At any rate, I mention that because when I logged my alts in to do the Valentine's Day event and get them the glamour, it turns out I hadn't logged any of them in for over 45 days so they all got Returner bonuses AND a game generated invitation to the NN (which I declined on all of my alts). Perhaps that's something only offered to Returners? Seems silly to me if new players simply can't join it at a Smith or something, iunno because it's never been a feature I've been interested in participating in.
Yes, returners get invited automatically (and then if they go from returner to sprout they stay in until the sprout goes away) but new characters instead need to be invited by a mentor. In fact I've never been in the NN as a novice, only as returner.
I imagine it's made to keep bots out?