Quote Originally Posted by Sephrick View Post
They intended for leveling to be quick. They want people to be able to actually do fun things with friends.

Plus, from what I've heard Spiritbond grows very slowly, so that's going to be a source of some serious grinding.
Well the spiritbond is based off the xp you gaining so if you not gaining any xp it's going to be hard to get materia...those who are not at level 50 have a materia xp advantage.