They also needs to add crap to do. In XI you had to walk to jeuno at 18-20, your chocobo quest at 20, RSE at 20ish-30ish and you were pretty home bound to jeuno while leveling in quifm. Then at 30 you had kazham and you were stuck in that island for a while...

In XIV its basically port to whatever, kill stuff, return to town. Until you are 50. You are pretty useless if you aren't 50.