You are very wrong. I have played XI since the intial PS2 Japanese Beta.
I have 6 level 99 jobs before I stopped. Even before the cap increases past 75, between two accounts I had all jobs amxed, and was proably the 4th on our server to achieve the matt cap.
PAid runs have faded fast. Most did not need them, and even at the climatic point, you could double burst on specific areas and worms very fast. Most have shells and didn't need exploiters.
