Touching an aetherial node set the homepoint there.

[Zottan]

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Character Name: Zottan Streinleght
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After doing leves after this patch touching the aetherial node set the home point on the gate.
Only if u allow node to dissipate.

[Coldfire]

I think there's a difference between the return on death and manual return point now. You sure you tested the manual return?

[DrewW777]

My understanding was that when you're doing a leve, the return point is temporarily set to the aetheryte node/gate that initiated the leve. If you select return when you die outside of doing a leve, you will be sent to your home point.

In my mind this makes sense. I don't want to have to go all the way back to Humblehearth if I'm currently doing a leve out in Camp Tranquil and for some odd reason happen to die.

[Coldfire]

I see. So if you allow the node to dissipate instead of returning the return point won't be set to the original value.

[DrewW777]

That is my interpretation of the bug described above, but I have not tested it myself.

[Baccanale]

Greetings, Zottan!
Thank you for posting your concerns about using aetherial nodes. I have made sure to submit all of your information to the development team, and they will make sure to thoroughly investigate this matter, based on your report. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee that a direct response will be posted on your thread, but I do recommend consulting http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/ or http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/f...40-Patch-Notes for any details about the development team's investigation. Thanks again for your report!