I was PLed by a friend today, got 5 levels then joined a party in a stronghold where I got another 5 levels. At the end of the day, I had had a lot of fun, I had made significant progress and I wasn't feeling like I had wasted all my evening doing shitty leves all alone for a crappy reward.

The current system is going to change and I'm not gonna cry about it cause it is indeed insane right now. But am I outraged because FFXIV finally gave me a break and said "Come on son, you deserve a few levels."? You bet your ass I'm not, and I'm gonna do it again tomorrow and the day after.

If I deserve to be called a noob or a destroyer of the spirit of the game for it then that's fine by me, you can all keep pretending you're having the time of your life soloing the same leve for the 30th time for all I care.