My first 50 took me like 3 months to get (way back in time), my last 50 took me a week. That's how MMO's rolls buddy; one day you're in a slow dance and all of the sudden you're in a mambo #5.

The only reason IMO they should "lower" the XP gain was so players wouldn't still be a noob at 50. I had a friend that got back in the game at that crazy PL week (where PLers could be inside the party) and he got 1-50 in like 2 days only by following his PL... Guess what, he didn't know half his action list and barely knew how to stack or when to use them properly. Herp derp. But after they fixed that PL shit and now with the actions list reductions, noobs that are still noobs might be less noobs cuz there will be less actions to dance with! And hey, 2 weeks is enough to learn your job, right?