The thing that is also important is this xp also helps us with spiritbond and thus materia. So it's good that we are getting so much so we can make materia.

I like the xp gain, there was a dip with 1.18 like Yoshi-P said there was going to be and people complained, now it's been raised (which was needed) and people complain. Damn'd if you do, damn'd if you don't...