My experience after the patch last night was a good one. I was in a leve party with two other people and we were doing leves at treespeak and nine ivies. I gained an entire level from those leves. Level 35 to 36, plus some extra, a total of roughly 60k sp. Look me up on xivpads and check out my timeline if you don't believe me.

I really can't say that's bad or slow. I'm sure mileage varies depending on circumstances, but my results are pretty telling.