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

[Jynx]

If this is how shallow they want the leveling curve to be fine... but at least encourage people to seek a challenge.

I can get SP far faster in a party than I can in leves considering the time restraint on leves. I don't see the problem here.

[Murugan]

I can get SP far faster in a party than I can in leves considering the time restraint on leves. I don't see the problem here.

I can get more XP than you if I kill Marmots and Coblyns outside of Ul'dah for the next 3 years. Obviously if you do anything longer it will even out eventually. Grouping or doing anything more challenging than guildleves should be a viable option for more casual players too.

[Jynx]

I can get more XP than you if I kill Marmots and Coblyns outside of Ul'dah for the next 3 years. Obviously if you do anything longer it will even out eventually.

Lets say I have a 8 hour period to play the game.

I can.

A: Every 36 hours get 40kish~ SP doing all 8 of my leves solo within a few hour barring I have anima to quickly move around. Or just do 6 if Anima and travel is an issue.

B: Do my 3-6 leves solo in one area "Uldah is great for this due to the rather short distance from Halitali to Broken water. and afterwards grind with my friends?

I don't see how the person doing option A is going to get ahead of me in any way/shape/form. Having multiple ways to gain SP is a great thing, Player A could have instead of maximizing SP gain grouped and got decent SP and a challenge anyways. I'm not saying things are perfectly balanced.

I personally think leveling is a tad too fast either way around, but a hardcore player will always be ahead of the casual player becasue they have the time/effort to put into not only maximizing SP gain, but using all avenues to obtain it quickly as possible.

No I don't think grind groups should get massive SP boosts, I personally think Leves may need a bit of scaling back though not in SP gained but perhaps time you can do them. Make it every 2 days and that would be fine with me. Although this game was not made 100% for me so I don't expect them to change that.

As long as I can get decent SP while partying I have no complaints about the Lev system, I'll just leverage it within my own playstyle as well.

Grouping or doing anything more challenging than guildleves should be a viable option for more casual players too.

It is a viable option to party as a more casual player, but it's challenging to find/create/fight with a group of people instead of soloing your leves for decent SP.

So...you do have more challenging and viable options, just because you can't find/make a party doesn't mean it isn't viable.