This is something that the devs really need to focus on in my opinion. Many players are only logging on to do leves atm because when they try to find a party the search is always empty. No one partys up outside Leves and Behest... which means you really only have at the most 4hrs of playtime a day and it is sorta dependent on when your ls can be on.

I think they should leave leve sp where it is, but I think they need to increase Group grind sp to come close to matching it. Simply adding a chain bonus like in XI I feel would do this.

People who are limited on time can do Leves, they give gil rewards, faction credits for the nms, and some armor as an incentive. But FFXIV still really lacks a group focus outside those and I think that is one reasons many FFXI players have went back to FFXI.

There are alot of people who group play, the polls show that in Eu and Na people want to group up. I feel this would be a good move to help that.