lol I'd have to agree this is kinda lame. It's still not as bad as it was originally to rank shield, but this would definitely penalize people who log on to do mostly leves and need to rank their shield skill.

I think it's an oversight personally, but we'll see. Yoshida did say they're not going to make it harder to rank up, and this definitely makes it harder for shield. Gathering SP is definitely much better, but I haven't tried leves since the patch.