Just remove leveling altogether if it's such a hindrance.

[Zezlar]

If they don't change this in some capacity at least. Final Fantasy XIV is going to have a hard time succeeding if they can't push content out at a fast pace every month. Leveling is boring as hell, and there is literally no reason to do any content under level 50 unless it's for story purposes. I know everyone is entitled to their opinion and I respect it but I find the results of that poll appalling. I don't understand how anyone could say this speed is just fine or too slow.

[Shurrikhan]

If they don't change this in some capacity at least. Final Fantasy XIV is going to have a hard time succeeding if they can't push content out at a fast pace every month. Leveling is boring as hell, and there is literally no reason to do any content under level 50 unless it's for story purposes. I know everyone is entitled to their opinion and I respect it but I find the results of that poll appalling. I don't understand how anyone could say this speed is just fine or too slow.

I think the main problem with any poll is that you can basically ask "does problem C apply to you" [leveling rate] and if all A through Z, except C, apply, you answer "everything's fine here, sir," and we pass on.

There aren't nearly that many problems with leveling, but it annoys me that people would use a poll as proof that the system is just fine. One part of it is more good than bad according to a majority of the player base. That doesn't make it immaculate.

[Catriona]

I think the main problem with any poll is that you can basically ask "does problem C apply to you" [leveling rate] and if all A through Z, except C, apply, you answer "everything's fine here, sir," and we pass on.

There aren't nearly that many problems with leveling, but it annoys me that people would use a poll as proof that the system is just fine. One part of it is more good than bad according to a majority of the player base. That doesn't make it immaculate.

Well, that's right. These are answer categories, not answers. There are going to be a spectrum of answers within those categories that are not captured by the poll.

More importantly, game players have two types of desire when playing a game: there is (to borrow Jesper Juul's terms) immediate desire (desire to succeed and so on - the drive to win) and aesthetic desire (desire for a well-formed experience, which, among other things, makes that win meaningful). There's no telling which is at play in those answers. (Although saying it's too fast directly contradicts immediate desire, so the people who answered that were probably motivated by aesthetic desire.)