Quote Originally Posted by Xatsh View Post
I disagree, I have people who do all their leves and do quest and get several levels outside events.

It is not optimal by any stretch... but it is still very doable.
Yes, it's also 'doable' to get there by solo killing enemies several ranks below you for some of the worst SP/hr you've ever experienced. Let's not be stupid on purpose. When people make a statement like the one you quoted, Xatsh, you should read between the lines a little.

It's possible to get to 50 solo on leves alone now but you make very little progress doing so especially in the rank 15-30 stretch. SE does seem to have noted that their SP values in the 20-30 range are all sorts of borked so at least that much may change in the future but as of now it's... well, very bad.
Group grinding BY FAR OUTWEIGHS EVERY SINGLE OTHER LEVELING OPTION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE OTHER THAN IT. That's what people have an issue with. It's not like these guys are asking that solo questing be made better than SP grinding, just that it be close enough that you don't feel like you're wasting your time. I have absolutely no idea whatsoever why anyone would be against that.



Well, I can think of one reason but I hope it doesn't apply here and that it's "I got mine, screw you" and that attitude was very prevalent in the FFXI community beyond 2007 or so and most of the people who seem to be against evening things out appear to be former FFXI players. Now, common sense would tell me that's pretty much what it is but I'd like to think at least some of you are better than that.