It is my opinion that Yoshida wants exp to come in incredibly fast. PLing and 10k Natalan pulls are a gift from him (kinda like that gobbue mount). He's giving us as many 50s as we want for 2.0, take it or leave it. These gifts could be rescinded with any patch, just a slight adjustment to link bonus is all it would take to restore the normal leveling curve.

@Zumi - Why oh why, did you not get hooked up with a linkshell. Social is such a big part of this game. Your eyes will literally spew blood if you try and take a craft to 50 without chatting with other people ( I think it's somewhere around the 34-6 range).