Character Growth: Leveling is part of RPGs

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I don't see the problem with slow lvling it took me like a year to get my first 75(pld) between school and work. And i didn't feel to far behind maybe just gear wise.

Gear was one of several problems FFXI had. Itemization was pretty terrible between rare drops with stats, and a ton of gear with either worthless stats (elemental resisatances come to mind) or no stats at all. The CoP crafter sets pretty much shows how stupid their approach was; stuff like Luisant and Trader's sets having no stats NQ and good stats HQ are pretty much the epitome of alpha/omega itemization.