Quote Originally Posted by BrusselSprout View Post
If you are sitting around level 35, you'll have to grind a bit until level 37. Once you hit 37 you can switch to the level 40 grand company leves. These are solo only and you'll get roughly 10k xp per 15 minute leve. Once you get to level 40, you can switch to doing stronghold parties (SH parties for short). There is one in Coerthas which is a better xp imho, and there is one in Thanalan which is lower XP but you also get ifrit tapers as drops. Stocking up on tapers will help you immensely at endgame, since you will be able to do lots of ifrit runs right off the bat.

If you run SH parties you can get 40 -50 in a matter of hours with normal play. No PL, no exploits, no specific team setup.
I guess I just haven't gotten to the insane xp part. I get what you're saying and based on what I've been told by others that part makes sense. I've been told 40+ is easy etc, am fully anticipating that. What I find most odd was just the other guy claiming that 30-50 can be done in a few hours, which I just can't fathom outside of leeching or PL'ing.