Leveling is way to fast...

[Teakwood]

If you are basing your sentiment of XP being too fast on being powerleveled may I perhaps suggest not being powerleveled? You've got to be able to find an LS of like-minded folk who want to XP grind in a party, the game actually supports it well now for most level ranges. Or solo and do leves or something.

Edit: Also my point to Keramory was that FFXI /had/ no, or next-to-no content that wasn't at level cap, which is why there was the big rush to /get/ to level cap, because that's where everything fun was.

I'm told that in FFXIV 2.0 there'll be content from 1-50 and not just clustered around the level cap, but there's not a whole hell of a lot to do in 1.xx under level cap unless a bunch of friends are also doing it. Maybe once 2.0 rolls out I'll have a different opinion, but grinding mindlessly isn't content, and there isn't any content from 1-45 at present outside of random sidequests and Toto-Rak (which I had lots of fun doing at the appropriate level a few times, and glad my LS gave me the chance to!)

For clarity's sake I'm not actually a huge fan of the quest-hub model of most MMOs; having content spread out means there's -less to do at level cap-, which is where most people are. I also think that minimising the effect of mindless boring shit is an excellent game design decision. I recognise that this is an unpopular opinion on these forums with a heavy heart.

[Jocko]

If you are basing your sentiment of XP being too fast on being powerleveled may I perhaps suggest not being powerleveled? You've got to be able to find an LS of like-minded folk who want to XP grind in a party, the game actually supports it well now for most level ranges. Or solo and do leves or something.

No, the game progresses far to quickly without PL as well. Playing very casually, I got archer from 1-50 in just a couple of weeks, and that was on leves and standard party play.

Even if that weren't the case, if PL remained, it would be considered the standard, and finding people to do mid game content would be difficult if they have no reason to bother. No one is asking for a longer grind simply for the grind, we want it to balance out game progression and the 'journey' that so many are looking for. I want plenty of progressive content, horizontal class development, and reasons to explore and learn on my way to 50, not a rushed grind to cap full of nothing but instanced raids

[Diadumenos]

Is that how you level so fast, Powerleveling duo? Dear lord... it is not the dev's fault that people chose to do that. It is the players choice. There are only so many leve marks you can get in a day. Behest only happens so often. Don't forget to sleep.