Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[Caliburn]

I'm not strongly against power levelling, but this idea that people can't complain about PLing because they're only going to go power level anyway isn't fair. The fact that PLing exists means that if you don't do it, you're going to get behind and you won't be able to access higher level content as quickly as others - even if you are "learning your job".

Basically, the fact that PLing is not only possible but freely accessible means that playing the game "as it should be played" i.e. not power levelling, doesn't actually reward you at all. Unless you just want the challenge, that is. And I think the majority of players will be forced to level normally anyway, not even mentioning the fact that PLing must get boring as hell (for both the PLer and the PL'ed).

I dunno. I find this new system silly. At least in FFXI (before Abyssea) PLing was merely having someone heal your party - it was just a welcome boost and you still had to beat the monsters yourselves - albeit with a safety net.