Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[Krausus]

Before 1.19:
Plenty of people in all ranges for every battle class.

Now:
90% of server population either has all jobs 50 or every job they want 50. New players have the option to get PL'd by a friend or solo, legitimate parties dwindle.

That is an unfortunate side effect of every MMO in existance, this game has been out for over a year now, new players will always have issue finding a party. FFXIV will have one thing that will help, that most MMOs dont and that is a relaunch that includes a console version thus an influx of new players.

I would agree with the "PL is an issue" claim if leveling was fun, and you didnt need to level multiple classes to be viable. The only thing that turned me and many others away from FFXI was the horrendous level grind and forced grouping to do it. I guarantee that will turn more people away from a game than the ability for your friends to power level you through the most boring part of the game.