So, it's happened a few times recently where I was out trying to level a very low level class on the sheep outside of Limsa. I figured this was a good spot for a number of reasons, there are lots of them, they respawn quickly, they're level 1, and I can use the sheepskin to make lanolin, fleece and leather.

Well, much to my dismay, 50% of the time when I tried to go out and level my classes, there was a level 50 slaughtering all of the sheep. Slaughtering them so quickly and relentlessly that I couldn't level. They wouldn't even leave me a small area of sheep with which to level.

They were hunting for sheepskin +1. A couple of them tried to give me the nq sheepskin, when what I really wanted was xp.

Why? Someone please tell this casual player who only has one 50 class and barely adequate gear why you need sheepskin +1 so badly??