At this point in the game, "rushing" is not a valid argument.

[Dorfentyme]

Can the white knights PLEASE stop telling people to "stop rushing" when even with CASUAL questing you can be max level in a week? This game has one of the easiest(note: shortest) rides to max level that I've played in a long time, and that's even if you DON'T do FATEs.

-With your first job you can be 50 in a week, maybe 2, of main story/side quests, a couple leves, and a few FATEs on the way. Hell, 49-50 took me less than 1 hour and a half. That's pathetic. I didn't even do a SINGLE FATE from 49-50. And I NEVER Fate grinded ONE time(I did them if I was in the area while questing, and ONLY then)

-With your second jobs you can be 50 in a quicker amount of time by just FATE grinding(which is one of the only ways to level your alts, I won't get into details about how low of a reward the other options for leveling are, and how tedious they are). FATE's are tedious and boring, so many people don't want to level an alt.

-Gathering and crafting can be leveled very fast too. Just do leves and HQ turn-ins.

The amount of classes you can level in this game and the amount of time to actually level them all is extremely quick.

People have complaints with the end-game, not because they rushed, but because the endgame is a horrible grind and the ride to max level is incredibly short. They have every right to be upset for this very reason. Maybe if 1-50 actually took some kind of effort, people wouldn't be upset with the endgame.

For you to NOT be considered rushing, you'd have to just not play the game. Period.
The rushing argument is not valid anymore. Please stop using it.

[Retrograde]

Here's a strawman. Please attack my strawman. Thank you.

Hours. The hours per day will tell you the difference between hardcore and casual, as well as the days not played. You're right, at 1.5 months now (almost two, actually), common wisdom says a roomful of chimpanzees with gamepads have moved to Coerthas and are busily fate grinding from level 40-up.

[Betelgeuzah]

After A MONTH OF PLAYING 13% of the playerbase was level 41-50. We have hard data on this.

[Djeserit]

After A MONTH OF PLAYING 13% of the playerbase was level 41-50. We have hard data on this.

With 1 of 8 Combat classes.

Unlike most other games, census data here is a bit different, since others usually look at characters (1 class per char) and this game has all classes on 1 character possible.

[Jayded]

After A MONTH OF PLAYING 13% of the playerbase was level 41-50. We have hard data on this.

The other 87% had unsubbed and would not progress further regardless. One month for first toon to 50 is like 15 minutes of play per day.

[Zfz]

One month for first toon to 50 is like 15 minutes of play per day.

So...15*31/60=7.75 hours.

Wow. You could get from 1 to 50 in 7.75 hours?

[Garnatian]

I always wondered about that, does it include other classes? I have plenty of classes that are bellow 41, yet I levelled to 50 ages ago.

[Sixmp]

I'm enjoying this game. I'm not level 50 with anything yet. I play quite a few hours a day. I look at the scenery, i watch sunsets and sunrises. i talk to strangers about this and that. I dip my pretend feet into pools of warm water.
I make a little gil here and there, i gather and fish and when i get bored i do something else.


Sorry OP what was your point again?

[SirSchmoopyofAwesometon]

I didn't know FFXIV was a woman.

If she is a she, that's cool.

Because the term "White Knight" is used for when a guy will defend a woman no matter what.

Sooo.

How big are FFXiV's boobs?

[Conradus]

How big are FFXiV's boobs?

A few rounds with Duty Finder will tell you that.