Quote Originally Posted by Isaveron View Post
As long as it's a test to see how competent you are at playing your class.
So..exactly like the fight the OP was talking about that you failed to read? Understood, though last you said you never played FFXI past level 10 so I guess you didn't realize that.

My problem with tests to level up is that they would not give me that option and rather than spending hours or days to practice my hand eye coordination and understanding of the figh
Unless you exploited Necrologis pages back in the day (wouldn't doubt it) or sat on your ass and got powerleveled (again wouldn't doubt it) there's really nothing wrong with this because if you know your job and how to play the game, a test would be almost nothing. Even RDM fight was built around a player knowing how to play the job more than a MP battery.

Of course, if there were tests like these everywhere I would soon have no place to move on to and at that point I would have no reason to play
You'd really quit if you had do some work? Is that really how far MMOs have fallen?