FFXI vs FFXIV Difficulty

[Neekzz]

I dont know how many of you still play XI but you are comparing XIV to the XI of the past.
You can have a 99 in no time at all now. Most players do Grounds of valor till LV30 then hop right into abyssea 18 man XP parties doing pages, helping the party open boxes & go from 30-60 in a few hours. It took me 5 years to level and gear 6 classes. After abyssea I did 4 more jobs all while keeping the 6 I had up to par with the new LV caps.
I can honestly say I like it better. more ppl with more classes makes it easy to mix it up when building parties and I get to play more classes I enjoy, getting alot less "Can you come BLM Neek? were short a few BLMs."

My point is somewhere over the years of running XI someone must have decided XPing new classes shouldn't take a year and keep new players from seeing all the other great stuff the game has to offer. There are alot other ways to keep people busy.