4 guildleves in less than 1 hour=1/3rd of the way from 49-50?

[Murugan]

This sounds exactly like what the leve quests are now >.> He doesn't want to FORCE people to grind 5-6 hours a day for 8 months to get to high ranks, with how it is now you don't have to no matter how you do it.

Nor did you before 1.18a or at anytime in the history of FFXIV. What's your point?

However people who group now have to play significantly longer in order to get the same XP as those who only solo. So why should anyone start grouping until after they've exhausted solo content? If this is the direction of leveling balance, that isn't giving people real options.

I guess this whole thread is kind of jumping the gun though, since we are getting XP chains and party areas in 1.2. Just wanted to point out how ridiculously easy leveling solo is now, and how necessary it is for grouping to get a boost to keep up.