Quote Originally Posted by Ferth View Post
Or just needs to be less complicated overall... Strange bonuses in place at various tiers from rank 1 to rank 24, and then different mobs giving different SP with no clear reasoning behind the decisions...

I miss the EM=100 formula from FFXI...

Though there seems to be a very vocal section of the FFXIV community that is against anything and everything that was a staple in FFXI being implemented in FFXIV.
The FFXI solution isn't perfect either. Not all monster types are created equal, so players are incentivized to seek out the most pathetic mobs around.