Since comparing something to anything other than itself seems to lose some of you, let me dumb it down:
You didn't "win" the debate over the appropriateness of easy leveling in Abyssea with any logical foundation. It is always popular to do things the easy way, just as doing things the right way is often unpopular. If enough lazy or incapable people shouted down those of us who know better, that doesn't mean you won.

Does it bug you when I deem the traditional way the "right way"? Good. I stand by it, and the current state of the game (and forums with 90 BRD asking which skills he needs) stand as my evidence.