Moontide, I don't think you understand that there are no other viable options for leveling up.

I don't mean to say you don't know what you're talking about, but you don't know what you're talking about. And that isn't me being rude, its me trying to get you to understand what its like post storyline.

When you run out of storyline, everything else is just completely cut off from you. It is like playing a whole new game, because suddenly after you already have gotten what you wanted out of that level (hunting log, maybe 1 or 2 leves, maybe a dungeon), you are still 50-80% of the way from leveling.

And then what do you do? What do you propose everyone do? Force them to run a dungeon that they don't want to? Make FATE grinding a complete chore (lets say 1/2 the xp), so that it takes twice as long...for no benefit?

Like other people said, I don't buy the argument it makes other forms unfair. If you do other forms for the point of gaining xp, -you- are the one making a conscious choice to give up xp, for more enjoyment and/or ease, or social aspect, or cutscenes, or what have you.

tl;dr: You can't have your cake and eat it too. You cannot just have whatever it is you want to do be the best xp, simply because you do not enjoy what is currently the most xp, as xp innately has no value other than...level, and if you consume other content then it is your choice to, and you shouldn't feel bad that you're gaining less xp.

Wow that was a long and terrible summary, but this is what I mean.

Please, I beg you to get a character to 50, then renew your crusade against FATEs. Until then, you have no idea what its like.