Hello,

I had to go through this, and actually did not mind the present system at all.

I was levelling Botany, so I would get only two leves at a time My destination was Camp Iron Lake, and the Leves were handed out in Limsa Lominsa.

My strategy was simple:
Save up till I was 99 Anima, and 99 Leves.
Home point in Camp Iron Lake
Teleport to Limsa Lominsa (2 anima), get leves, return to home point.

I was able to do 2 leves every 15 minutes.

Total cost per hour:
8 leves
8 anima
I did this for about 5 hours straight.

This came up to 40 leves and 40 anima.

I felt this was a fair price for some rapid levequesting and xp gain, and still had enough anima left over to go do some fun events with friends. I also enjoyed the part where I had to 'plan' how I wanted to spend my anima/leves, and the best way to do it.

(This is one of the few places in the game where there is some need to plan or use strategy so I was happy about it). I hope they do not simplify it further otherwise it will soon end up with:
Click this button to reach level 50.
Thank you.