For what it is worth, I do not think levelling is fast at all. In fact, look at my join date, I haven't hit my first L50 yet. I play pretty often (though this last month i've been eschewing XIV in exchange for IV: Complete Collection), but not that much every day. I'm a hardcore 'gamer', in that I spend all my free time gaming, though I don't think I ever give XIV more than 1 hour a weekday and five per weekend.

Also, I do have a party pretty much at my beck and call (welllll... When I can get those lazy men moving, that is) and at least one is pretty experienced. I get, what, a 3~ levels a week? Generally one level every weekend day and one during the rest of the week.

Also I mostly focus on having fun, and doing quests, rather than micromanaging and number-crunching for the fastest levelling possible. Do you thin i'm a fringe case or the common case, mister Rokien?