Yeah, unfortunately, I always felt as though the main scenario quests were more something to level toward, rather than a means to level by. Not to mention they're much too few and far between to efficiently level. It would be pretty neat if more were added to the "in-between" levels and they were used as a primary means of leveling, however.

I hate that this patch put leveling in such a bad spot, considering it brought such a big fix to the combat system. I'm sure there are others like myself that want to come back and get some leveling in to enjoy the new stuff. Maybe if this makes it to the ears of the development team, we'll see a temp fix in a 1.18a or something until other means of leveling are successfully implemented. As much as I welcome changes to FFXIV, it might have been nice to see the leve adjustments held off a patch or two until these other leveling methods were ready.

On a side note, are there any Beastman camps intended for lower ranks? I've only checked out one, and all the enemies were in the mid-to-high 40's. I'd at least like to get my Lancer to around rank 25 to check out the lower level raid. :P