I'm kinda in the Middle about EXP being too fast or too slow, I'm not an Elitists like some people are that just play and play till they are blue in the face, no matter what those people will hit max fast regardless on how fast or slow exp is. For an MMO that needs Longevity yes it is kinda fast.. however if you put it to slow like FFXI, people will get burnt out overtime, because they can't get to Max level on 1 job.

And SE Tried to balancing that out with FFXIV's Fatigue System:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abE09-tqhoM

And that was a Horrifying experience, but at least they tried to balance it out in a different, and in that I applaud their Creativity.

Balancing Exp can be a rather hard thing to do when a MMO company is always Search for Longevity. but I do agree it is a "tad" fast though.