It's all in perception though, Moorea. Surely you can understand that. Maybe Aion is not a grind to YOU. That's your view, no one will try and change it. Yes, there will be others that disagree with it, but does it impact YOUR game play? I'd hope not.

FYI - There is a current discussion about levels 20-24 and the confirmed facts (on current North American servers, as of last week), that you need to grind 1.xx million exp after doing quests in these levels. I believe that I linked/quoted that in our last discussion (the 2nd quote, not the first one that was illustrative of the beta servers, as you have mentioned). Perhaps your experience has been different because you've gained significant amounts of exp while grouping? Or, maybe Aion isn't a grind to you - and hopefully it will never be.

Again, what it comes down to is perception and the fact that many of us have been spoiled with WoW. As I've said before, Aion leveling is more like the original EQ leveling. That's how it feels to me, and that's how I would explain it to others that were going to try the game. Is leveling hard? No. Is it tedious? Not if you've played the original EQ or even AC. Would it be tedious if you're expecting a WoW type leveling experience? Probably.

It's a kickass game though, and we're not debating that, but I still don't think that we'll ever come to terms on the leveling curve in this game.

Best,