You know I recall the journey and what was right in FFXI but lets also look at what was flawed there to make a better journey in the future:

10Valkrum: Goblins, Crabs, Flies
20Qufim: Crabs, Fish
25Yuhtunga: Mandy, Goblins
30Altepa: Beetles
35Gustav/CN: Crawlers, Goblins, Flies
40Altepa(w): Beetles
Okay assuming this is up to what the magicite quest? We have fought for exp mostly 7 types of monsters and this pretty much stayed crawlers and crabs most of the way up. This is what a huge majority did, and being party based you have to keep in mind that means majority rules. If its the same five things over and over thats not much different than the 1-50 in one zone problem.