Just because buffs are 80 minutes doesn't mean you don't need to create the classes that cast them. Sure, their usefulness is pretty much reduced to standing / being logged in town whenever needed, but that doesn't mean that players don't have to put effort into leveling up these chars. There are still sieges and raids which undoubtedly last longer then 80 minutes, so go figure... Simply said: suggesting a full-out NPC buffer because of increased buff times is pure stupidity... If other servers have it, that's fine. We don't ;)
Players need to do the regular noblesse quest to obtain this status. Quest rewards (ie. for moonstones) are increased tho.
In the past, we had 400 ~ 500 players averaging at peak times, which was increasing on a weekly basis. However, this declined heavily once we moved to Gracia II, Gracia Final and Epilogue. So for that reason we are going back to a fresh, Interlude start.
Btw, thanks Kiefer :)