Sorry but the days of rotting in the basement for months to achieve max level and think it actually made you stand out are at an end. If you want to feel like you're the big fish mmo player, go do something actually challenging in the dungeons or primals (and I don't mean just beating them the easiest way possible). 75 didn't make anyone a good player in XI, 85 doesn't make anyone a good player in WoW... but I guarantee you the guys walking around in gear from the hardest encounters stand out from the pack.

Max lvl = the actual game, so why make people take forever to even start playing... that's like getting a meal and having to chew your bite 50 times before even getting flavor out of it.