even though it is probably a bit late and yoshi and the team already sinking this game into another crap hole choice, i'd like to say i agree with the op. pl'ing shouldn't exist in mmo's i'm sorry it sucks, by the end of ffxi every party had a pl in it or a duel boxer and it sucked and was stupid. and now they just starting off the game with them instead of years later making it truly wanted or needed.

level sync was the way to fix this, want to party with "friend" then do it by turning down to his level, not pushing a rank 1 to 50 in half a week for him to not even know what half his moves and spells do. even if it's your 8th job max u shouldn't be pl'ing it should be faster yes but not by that means, it should be by newer moves or being able to use both jobs moves like we have now. first class rank 1-20 lot harder then after u have multiple classes that range.

again this game keeps making changes that don't seem like they in any way in a good direction, is hard to see a good future for the game, but i don't know really how it will all work and how other things with work with it all, so we will see i guess. yes man yoshi i think really wants all your monies is all i thinks and he will plop out the dungiest game of all times to get his goal done.