Quote Originally Posted by RAIST View Post
I too don't understand why they added the higher level mobs...period. Don't care WHERE they put them, it's more a question of WHY they added them in the first place. Everyone I've talked to is like... we just gonna use abby to hit 95 anyway--swap out our WAR's and do a cleave. Even as the xp/kill drops with the higher levels....1250 a chest adds up fast.

Even if there is justification for adding them now, there were much better places to put them. There are areas in the past that are already level 60+ as soon as you step foot in them. These would have been far better places to put 85+ mobs in.

Fail.... EPIC fail on this aspect of the update.
As far as I can tell, their justification is simply the fact that they do not wish to require the purchase of optional content in order to level up. They have always included some sort of EXP mobs for people who do not own Abyssea. These new mobs simply allow 75+ players to use "FoV 2.0" in non-Abyssea areas.

Even if 99% of the population uses Abyssea, it would be irresponsible from their standpoint to strand the other 1%.