The only plus to the way Abyssea worked is that the person who just "key"ed their way to 99 still needs to level their skills the old fashioned way. Even with their level 99 job, they have the Accuracy and Attack of a level 30. Not as hard as leveling, sure, but still something.

Personally, I don't really care for comparing the two games. They are different, and that's okay. I'll still enjoy playin' 'em both.