It's almost impossible to level a new character now. What gives, SE?

[LemmingKingXXX]

Has anyone noticed that a topic called "its almost impossible to level a new character" and one thats called "Power leveling is broken" coexist in the most popular topics at the same time?

Good thing that starting fresh without contacts, money or cross-class abilities and the difficulty of leveling solo in that situation has nothing to do with the ease of paying someone or getting a friend to powerlevel you, despite how many people think "just pay 100k to get pled in the mines" is a solution for a new, gil-less player
remember that power leveling is a byproduct of a system put into place with the intention of developing content around it, Yoshi merely said he was cool with people using it to power level if they wanted to, not that it was a new feature to offset what is a very slow solo progression below 25