Legacy Character Missing?

[worldofneil]

It doesn't seem my new character has the Legacy status

You say new character... as in you created another?

Only characters that existed up until the end of 1.0 have the tattoo. Any character created from 2.0 onwards (even if it's on an old account) don't have the tattoo.

So basically if you log in as the same character you used in 1.0 that'll have the tattoo. You can check on the Mogstation to see if that character still exists/what world it's on as you may need to use the datacentre option to switch to that world to be able to see it.

If you're definitely sure you're on the right character, try typing:

/lmark (or /legacymark)

It might just be as simple as it's turned off. Hope this helps!

I think in order to have the legacy perks you needed to be past a certain point in the 1.0 story and to have been actively playing (or at least, subscribed) in a certain window prior to the shutdown; if you took a break for "a few years" prior to A Realm Reborn, you may not have qualified.

No that's for a legacy account (and you just needed to have subscribed for so long in a specific window of time. It's not actually related to the legacy tattoo, despite the use of legacy in both names)

Any 1.0 character has a legacy tattoo, even if their account itself doesn't qualify for legacy status (cheaper subscription and legacy chocobo mount). I have the tattoo, but didn't qualify for actual legacy status unfortunately.