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If implementing ridiculously simple and and lazy ways to LvUp was SE's intent to begin with, doing so may have increased the population of FFXI slightly for the time being, but it's not to be considered a smashing success as many of you make it out to be. Allowing and encouraging hardcore leeching is not the answer to keep the interests of many gamers out there, and it takes the focus away from what actually makes a good MMORPG: Fun, Dynamic and Challenging Gameplay.
But the fun, dynamic and challenging gameplay is all found at level cap. By removing the grind to get to level cap, they are actually putting the focus more ON those things.