Are there currently any servers with the XP boost active?

[Jonas™]

I am seeing some conflicting information as to whether the Prefered World XP bonus is still active. Some sources say if the World Hub had a star by it - Primal does right now - but I"m not seeing any kind of buff icon when I start a new character on one of the open servers in that cluster. Since this is my first character I was hoping to be able to level a couple starter jobs more efficiently.

[Ralf]

Spriggan and Twintania

[Jonas™]

Sorry, NA servers, I should have specified.

[Gearhart]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/

just checked and currently there are no prefered worlds apparently. Will have to wait till the next update when they update world statuses to see if some become prefered again.

[NuhUh]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/
Yeah, it looks like SE removed the XP Bonus servers. I just started the game during the expansion launch and I was recommended to the servers on the Crystal Data Center.

Crystal offered 3 servers which gave an XP Bonus until you hit level 70. Those 3 servers was labeled as "Preferred". Every other server was considered "Standard" (i.e. non XP buff).

My home server is Brynhildr, which was labeled as "Preferred" for the XP buff but now is considered a "Standard" server. I guess the XP Bonus was temporary, for the Expansion?

[Jonas™]

Ok, thanks. Maybe I'll just wait until monday or tuesday when they update the list. I'm doing the trial anyway, so it not like I'm wasting any money by waiting.