Quote Originally Posted by Illya View Post
Being able to level in FATEs during the ARR era made leveling DPS tolerable. Now it's just awful. No one wants to spam PotD/HoH for days to level a DPS. Dungeon queues still aren't great even when Squenix has tried to force everyone to level using dungeons. The reality is that FATE trains to level DPS was actually the best leveling method.

Dungeons suck anyways, I've been spamming dungeon roulettes to level my DRK and it's about as fun as watching paint dry. At least you're out in the open world seeing other players on your server and chatting with them during FATE trains.
One problem they're going to run into, and it's something all MMOs have trouble with, keeping leveling interesting after so many expansions. FFXIV has an advantage over most MMOs because of the MSQ. But they all eventually suffer from the perception that the current expansion is where the real content is. So you'll have a lot of people who purchase the level boost. And then you only have 10 levels to go through so I can understand not wanting fates to give a whole lot of xp. They don't want you to burn through those 10 levels too fast. But I agree 100% that there needs to be a worth while alternative to just running the duty finder over and over.