How am I meant to level with a friend now?

[Dubont]

You have got to be kidding me. Took less than 4 months for me to get to 90 with two different sub jobs and a lot of missions under my belt.

I grinded in XIV for 6 months and got to 33.

I mean FFXI BEFORE it went to easy mode. Your first 75 took an easy 9-12 months, but you wouldn't know that because you either summoner burned or abyssea burned. At any rate, my first 50 in FFXIV took only 3 months and that was with me only playing a few days a week and trying out different jobs. 14 is literally one of the easiest games to level up in.