You guys are complaining about grinding exp after cap to buff your character? How long did it take you to get to max level? Took me 19 days of playing casually (2-3 hours a day, and not even 100% focusing on leveling) to get my first solo fifty. It took me a almost a year an a half to get to cap in XI.

Merits are not a bad idea. Everyone playing would probably have a few of them just by running dungeons or spiritbonding.

If I can get to 50 in less than 19 days; its no wonder so many people have relics. We need long term goals. People need to stop hating on XI because long term goals was something it did right.