You people seem to be forgetting that the reason Content in FFXI remain challenging throughout the life of the series was because it was all level capped. It didn't matter if you hit 75 because you would have to complete most fights at the intended level. If they planned to implement level caps into XIV leveling pace would be irrelevant, but they have no intention of doing that. FFXIV doesn't really need to slow down leveling. They simply need to make Story Progression Harder. Make it so you cannot simply Level Cap your way through all the content. No one will care about how fast you can hit level 75 if you have to do the new Main Story line at levels 20 25 305 35 40 45 and 50 respectively. Pace of leveling only becomes detrimental when you can walk through the game on your fist Capped class.