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You have to realize that only about 22% of the game's population have anything over level 70. That's right folks, if you're level 75 you are a minority >_>

Since a vast majority of the game's player base only spends roughly 1-13 hours per week playing FFXI, it's good to have those casual gameplay systems in place to be taken advantage of and utilized for both casual and more progressive players alike.

In no way shape or form does this debilitate party functions of gaining exp other than your increased mob claiming competition in particular zones, but alas, this update should help spread that thinner to a much more tolerable level.