Road to 70 buff

[VenKitsune]

The Road to X buff is server wide. The fact that it disappeared simply means that the world you are playing on got enough characters made on it to be considered no longer prefered, and so the exp buff wasnt applied server wide anymore. You really dont need it though, the main thing thats going to gate your progress to endgame is the story, with all its cutscenes and dialogue, and not your level.

[LythiaLioncourt]

The Road to X buff is server wide. The fact that it disappeared simply means that the world you are playing on got enough characters made on it to be considered no longer prefered, and so the exp buff wasnt applied server wide anymore. You really dont need it though, the main thing thats going to gate your progress to endgame is the story, with all its cutscenes and dialogue, and not your level.

...except this isn't true. The link at https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...ion_balancing/ clearly says:

"These incentives will remain in place until the active player populations of the Worlds in question have grown to a specified number. Please note that once a World has been removed from the "Preferred World" category, the various bonuses will no longer be applied. 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."

So no, you don't lose it just because the preferred status changes. That is supposed to be set at character creation and last 90 days, regardless of if the preferred status changes within those 90 days.