Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[Jynx]

The problem is that it isn't a large part of the game. It's a lot of numerical fluff. If it was a large part of the game, skipping through it perhaps could be considered more problematic.

Gear is numerical fluff as well, people kill ifirit with nothing but santa suits on. Arguably the most important peice of gear is really only your weapon. People can "Skip through" gear for the most part and have very few issues as well.

SE has made leveling a almost non-consequential part of the game and I am puzzled as to why it even exists if it has no over-arching purpose. Hell the people who enjoy grinding can still grind at 50 (Materia grinding) so keeping leveling in the game is pointless.

At a instant rank 50 cap grinders could still grind, and people who hate grinding can just...I don't know stand around town doing nothing.