Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[Celeras]

#XIVLive Q: After the claiming system change in patch 1.19, I'm afraid everyone will be power leveling each other. What do you think of this?

A: It depends on what you consider power leveling. I just want to make sure friends are able to help each other if they want to challenge content together.

From the horses mouth, this is a non-issue. Even-level mobs are a decent challenge(intended pun) now, so odds are a solo R50 killing R40s for a R30 wouldn't be much faster than a party of R30s. The only time it would be optimal would be a full spiritbind party with a low level friend tagging along, which is exactly what the dev's intend... playing with your friends. You can already see that the majority of specialization in this game is coming from Materia, and the EXP rate is in no way shape or form 'overpowered' for spiritbinding. This is XIVs merit system.

[Travesty]

#XIVLive Q: After the claiming system change in patch 1.19, I'm afraid everyone will be power leveling each other. What do you think of this?

A: It depends on what you consider power leveling. I just want to make sure friends are able to help each other if they want to challenge content together.

From the horses mouth, this is a non-issue. Even-level mobs are a decent challenge(intended pun) now, so odds are a solo R50 killing R40s for a R30 wouldn't be much faster than a party of R30s. The only time it would be optimal would be a full spiritbind party with a low level friend tagging along, which is exactly what the dev's intend... playing with your friends. You can already see that the majority of specialization in this game is coming from Materia, and the EXP rate is in no way shape or form 'overpowered' for spiritbinding. This is XIVs merit system.

Do you even know what this thread is about? The amount of exp people are getting is not speculation, there are direct reports. Powerleveling is insanely fast, and nowhere near the speed of a normal leveling group.

And spiritbinding is in direct relation to how much exp you're earning. The faster you get exp the faster you spiritbind. So that point is null and void.

[RathSkybreaker]

20-37 in one day? Lolwut?

[sasquatch23]

Teacher teacher, you forgot to give us homework.......SHUTUP!!!

[Neasa]

Constant 1400 EXP chains last night, 40-45 in a few hours.
We might as well just get rid of ranks.

[Neptune]

That doesn't make it ok >.> That said, if SE has no plans on fixing it I'd be stupid not to get PL'd but I don't like the fact the options there...

This.. thinking is not only your own but that of many others. The idea that you need the dev team to restrict your human nature that you yourself dislike is not exactly a virtue. How else can you handle it without giving in to your lack of self control?

[Zenaku]

I hope we get a dev post about this issue it should be fix in the next patch.

[zaviermhigo]

If someone pls you to level 30 so you can enjoy some low level content and level up with them, that isn't entirely bad, but its still bad when you think everyone else who played this game before you pretty much leveled up legit. Now if someone pls you and you don't even try to learn about your class and your pretty much twinked through the game, I don't want to play with you, and if anyone knew your character was twinked they probably wouldn't want to play with you either. It may be a matter of integrity for a fake world, but still, I just don't like the spammer mentality of "i want to do the new content now, I dont care if the people getting to do it before me actually put time and effort in the game, I shouldn't have to since I just joined now" gimme gimme entitled, I just have to believe if you're like that in a game, you really are like that in real life. SE says "If it isn't appropriate in real life, it probably not appropriate in game" that's in their online manners section or some shit like that. In real life cheating your way through school and college is inappropriate and doesn't teach you any real knowledge, just like in game pling your way up to the max level you can't won't really teach you anything about the game besides you're a lazy loser.

[Tiraelina]

Leveling through the slow version of raptor murder simulator doesn't teach the majority how to play any better than the fast version at all.

[Khazar]

who wants power leveling is who wants to reach max level and high end game quickly, for those who high end game is their incentive to play. Some people enjoy the game leveling their character through the weeks or months, some not, i think that who want to level the normal way they can do it, and who not, they go the power level way, what happen? each one play the way they want, its voluntary.