Character created Aug 2011 only has 8 leve allowance

[Kraggy]

I created two characters the same day in August last year, on separate accounts. One I played for a bit before deciding to take a break (I'd actually been playing various toons since Beta phase 1).

Anyhow, I picked them up again last week. The character I had been playing had a guildleve allowance of 99, as expected from the 1.19 change BUT the other one only has 8.

Why?

True, he never actually completed a single leve but the notes for 1.19 and the commentary I've read about the leve changes doesn't indicate a need to complete leves before the new 99 limit was applied.

How do I get my missing allowance?

[Deathgiver]

You have to visit the leve desk at least once after patch 1.19 to start "banking" your leves. I didn't touch leves for the first 2 weeks after the patch came out, and when I finally went to do some it said I only had 8. After that first visit though it works as advertised. Not sure if this works as intended, but that's the long and short of how it functions atm.

[REDace0]

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You are correct. This was mentioned in the patch notes for 1.19. We've seen other evidence that some of the data behind FFXIV can make it hard to perform certain operations. If you want something immediate, go buy an item directly from the wards. I imagine this is why players had to be added to the 'new-leve-system' list before they could get allowances.

[Kraggy]

You are correct. This was mentioned in the patch notes for 1.19.

Oh really? Guess I missed it.

Thanks for clearing it up at least, shame I've missed out on all those weeks of leves. ; ;

[Skirata]

Greetings Kraggy,

Thank you very much for posting your concern for the amount of Guildleves that you were able to store on your other character. And it seems that you were able to determine what caused this to occur due to the posts of the other players (thanks to Deathgiver and REDace0 for that). Glad to see that you were able to determine the cause of this. We'll go ahead and close out this thread here for you. Thanks again and have a great day!