Whether PL should be in-game or not is a separate discussion from what this thread was addressing based on the title and original post. Again, personally I grinded all my jobs without the use of PL (cept for taking glad from 10-20).

I just take issue with the logic that links "unable to do Ifrit" (for an example) with "was PLed". Unless you ask every person you party with "were you PLed" you have no idea if they are or not. People are just seeing a level 50 who isn't very good at their job in * fight and assuming it's because they were PLed.