lnmateSearch

I'd like to see you do it, since clearly this is not a respectable feat.
Compare their (level 230+) exp per hour rates to that of high leveled players Pre-BB.
Even with the +/-40 level method, the exp rates are abysmally low, just like, if not slower than, that of Pre-BB leveling.
lnmateSearch leveled so quickly simply because of how many EXP multipliers (as well as spawn) we have available to us now, as well as how prepared he was.
I can safely say that 200-250 takes just as much dedication as leveling to 200 before BB.

It's still a very great accomplishment, but not in the same way it was before 4th job, when the best training spots were himes and your only bonus exp options were 2x events and a priest with HS. Of course, I can't do it because the grind past 200 is too time consuming for an unfunded Bishop such as myself. However, clearing out a map pre-4th job is not the same as it is now, where you can destroy an entire mob within the click of a button as a Luminous. Remember, pre-4th is not Pre-BB specifically, I'm referring to the time when grims/himes were the best training spots and you couldn't cast ultimates.

He still accomplished something before KMS and they had like a 5 month start or something? I just like looking up to the old players that got to lvl 200 before this game became all crazed with it's insane damage cap and power hungry players with a lot of leftover money to spend.