I played from NA PC release until this past March...and reactivated my account a couple nights ago
While not to sound jaded...believe me, I've watched the game change. Pre-CoP, I was doing the same thing. Hell, my first XP static had a 3-stage skillchain at one point just to try and give the BLM a good thing to burst on. By the time I was on my 7th, 8th, 9th 75 job (prior to the cap update), leveling with an LS static...what was considered a good XP rate, and how we approached achieving it, changed.You still obviously benefit from players who understand the game, and are putting in an effort. Part of that is adapting to what's found to be efficient. SC/MB just rarely is, outside of self-SC. Arguably it never really was. We just didn't know better (though we also lacked optimal camps to chain into the hundreds, or ACC food/2h update, etc).