Quote Originally Posted by Renvalt View Post
Having done this FATE myself, I was unaware of the fact that the non-FATE mobs spawn was considered an exploit.

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They are FATE mobs, just not the target mobs for the completion of the FATE.

With the absolutely massive XP requirements for the last 5 - 10 levels "exploiting" (I personally don't feel this is an exploit in the against the ToS sense) this kind of mechanic is the only way to reach these levels in any reasonable length of time, and I'm still working on my first 50. As someone who leveled multiple jobs to 75 (the cap at the time) in FFXI I can say that level grinding can absolutely suck the life out of you, and your MMO. Slow and tedious leveling should never be a substitute for meaningful content.