Originally Posted by
Isaaru
You could do it in a week or 2 before this patch too...
And yeah there are challenges in this game particularly Ifrit fight at the moment. Very, very, very few people have beat it. Why? because it is challenging content. There is a lot of gear to get, there is a lot of materia to try and obtain. There is the joy of going through the beastman strongholds and the satisfaction of beating an NM and knowing that when you get 1 class to 50 you will have all of those abilities to make the next one even easier to level up. Maybe it's just the people you are playing with that make it a grind. I always enjoy leveling up with the people I do because I am playing a game I like that keeps getting better and playing with my friends who are great to talk to.
EDIT: After 1.19 I have had waaayyyy too much to do in game to be bored. And you can get 1 to 95 in like a week in FFXI so good job on the reference.