Road to 60

[pirategbl]

Does the road to 60 buff expire after 90 days of character creation?

[Mhaeric]

Does the road to 60 buff expire after 90 days of character creation?

I think it only goes away once you reach 60, if your server gets upgraded (downgraded?) from Preferred or New status, or if you do a World Transfer. I.e. the 90 day limitation only applies to the World Transfer restriction.

This is just my understanding of the situation, however, since I don't have any personal experience with reaching that point. Take it with a grain of salt.

[pirategbl]

I have a friend who claims he lost the buff after 90 days of character creation, but I haven't found a post stating that anywhere.

[Mhaeric]

Managed to find an update post during patch 4.15 saying that it will now end 90 days after creation of the character or after the first time logging in on a pre-existing eligible character between 4.15 launch and and update patch.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...eff925ea3d2d0e

"After this maintenance, characters newly created on New/Preferred Worlds will receive bonuses for 90 days, starting from when they are created.

Additionally, eligible characters that logged in to a New/Preferred World between the release of Patch 4.15 and this maintenance will receive their bonuses for 90 days, starting from when they logged in."

[pirategbl]

"Starting with the release of Patch 4.15, when the status of a World changes from New/Preferred to Standard, characters created when the World is New/Preferred will continue to receive their respective bonuses and the World Transfer restrictions associated with the bonuses until 90 days after their creation."

Me and another fc mate theorized that this is what happened:

Zalera was a Preferred World -> Our fc friend made his character -> Zalera lost Preferred World Status, thus starting the 90 days countdown on our friends character -> Zalera got Preferred World Status again -> He still lost his buff, because it states that "In the case of newly created characters, these bonuses will continue for 90 days (including the day of creation) regardless of any change in World status."