Virtually all forms of exp have been nerfed to a ridiculous degree. And I find your letter to us hypocritical at best, quoted directly:

"The Future of Ranking Up
Ever since I posted on the forums, we’ve been receiving feedback from players worrying about whether or not we’re going to be nerfing the ranking up process. The simple and emphatic answer to this, just as I posted in the forums, is no."

Hippocracy at its finest, as you of course did not INCREASE the till next levels, you however lowered the xp received from quests, mobs, behest, and leve's to such a degree that you essentially doubled or tripled the TNL's without actually changing them.

I want to be very straight with you Mr. Producer sir. You cannot make such a progressive move such as adding auto attack in, then take 20 steps backwards by making it so horrible to level up people will quickly lose patience with the game.

I for one doubt I will be playing this game any longer. My friends are attempting to drag me up in the ranks, as soloing only yields 70-120 skill per mob that I can effectively kill... but I don't know if this game is worth the effort. Especially when you continue in your predecessors footsteps and make unwarranted changes that only make the game less desirable to play.

With the economical downturn, and your obvious lack of ability to move this game in the right direction... I do not see much of a future for FF14.