Quote Originally Posted by Raldo View Post
As this is located in the "Companies" section, he is referring to Company leves. If you allow the aetherial node to expire (due to time), then you cannot obtain the reward.

Talking to the nearby aetherite will not give it to you, and neither will talking to the NPC.
Was not aware of this, haven't grinded many company leves, but that makes sense considering how it's setup, I agree that it should be ammended.