Quote Originally Posted by Daniolaut View Post
I examined them to see what they were wearing and the item name was also missing. I sent them a tell to ask them and they said it was the Rath ex gear. I went to Kugane to see what was up and the NPC’s weren’t there. I even checked raid finder and Rath ex was not an option to queue for. I don’t even know how I got past the updater with missing files like that.
This would be the result of somehow applying the previous patch over the current patch, which would have only happened if you copied data files and not the game binaries.

Speculatively speaking, I know exactly what else would cause this, and I'll just say you are better off deleting the FFXIV directory and reinstalling, because you're only in for a world of hurt trying to fix it now.

Your game state itself is likely fine, as inventory and token data is sent every time you change zones.

When backing up FFXIV, you need to copy both BOOT and GAME from "%ProgramFiles%\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn", so that the launcher remains in sync.

To copy the state of your game profile, macros, ui layout, hotbars, etc, also copy
"%HOMEPATH%\Documents\my games\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn"