Quote Originally Posted by Antipika View Post
You certainly didn't play SWTOR then
As a matter of fact, I did play SWTOR. My account is still active, even, since I made the mistake of plunking down money for a 6-month subscription. I stopped playing it for exactly the reason you mention. The best part of it is the level grind.

There is another game that has a very well designed level grind, but it isn't an MMORPG so it doesn't get considered, even though it plays like an MMO: Xenoblade Chronicles. Even though the game is very linear, the main scenario quests and the hundreds of sidequests are designed in such a way that you will fully explore the game's world. It's great.

XIV comes close to this, but it misses the mark because the main scenario quests were designed to be completable by DoH/DoL classes, so you can finish them without actually doing anything (thus missing a fine opportunity for EXP gains from combat situations). There also aren't enough of them.

What Asiaine said about level grinding in Zilart-era XI is also true, but for XIV to match that magic it needs to make forming a PT a lot easier.