You can still grind if you want, all that was said on the topic was that it will no longer Be the main means of leveling up. There is a HUGE difference. He has stated 1000 times that it will be a game for every type of player: if you still want to go grind for xp I bet you still can. Stop spreading disinformation that has zero basis in fact. This op should be called: "ffxiv to not be identicle to ffxi" . Big surprise, it's 2 different games. Why don't we actually play the game first before making threads like this