Powerleveling ruined my day

[Denmo]

That's because the other arguments are actually weaker than this. And I was not attacking anything. There should always be powerleveling especially in a game where there are many types of classes one character can have. Like I said, people that get to lvl 50 by any means, usually it's not by powerleveling, should not have to grind to 50 again each time they want to level another class if they don't want to.

You miss the point of the game, then. The point is not getting level 50. It's participation in a world, interacting with people, and ultimately having fun while struggling to achieve.

Getting 100k exp in an hour removes that point entirely.

And last I recall, FFXI generally frowned upon PLing (the exploitative ones like SMN burns, not the mild ones where an outside friend would help heal your party), and also required everyone to level up each individual job that they wanted to sub/cap. I'm pretty sure XI did very well in that regard.

[Lavani]

You miss the point of the game, then. The point is not getting level 50. It's participation in a world, interacting with people, and ultimately having fun while struggling to achieve.

Getting 100k exp in an hour removes that point entirely.

And last I recall, FFXI generally frowned upon PLing (the exploitative ones like SMN burns, not the mild ones where an outside friend would help heal your party), and also required everyone to level up each individual job that they wanted to sub/cap. I'm pretty sure XI did very well in that regard.

Assuming the player that CHOSES to be powerleveld wants to experience that? Again I don't think that's stronger than the argument of people taking EXP in a grind spot.

[Molly_Millions]

You miss the point of the game, then. The point is not getting level 50. It's participation in a world, interacting with people, and ultimately having fun while struggling to achieve.

Getting 100k exp in an hour removes that point entirely.

I'm not sure I follow. I have a blast every time I PL someone. In my LS, we don't afk follow for PLing sessions. Instead we all get on voice chat and mess around quite a bit, get to know each other, which strengthens bonds between members.

Maybe in your LS you don't do this, instead opting to AFK follow the powerleveler. I agree, that's no fun.