Ryxa wrote:If you get a decent party, on a 400% boost you can get 3m xp at level 90ish in 10-20 minutes in Ginza Sewers Control Room or whatever that one is.
WOW that was wordy... I do realize that you need a fairly good group of players to do this, and if you aren't strong enough... go back to Echigo Estate. JP players grind there til 100 anyways.
Not everyone has a static group sporting 20 combined Ougis. Yes that was (probably) hyperbole.
At level 84 I can get 6.7m experience per hour solo by standing in one spot camping a single enemy. In a party that total can be doubled or tripled depending on how populated the area is and how willing everyone is to actually grind instead of leech.
I realize the experience would gradually decrease with level but let me reiterate: 6.7m per hour standing in one spot camping a single enemy. Even with the decreased experience at higher levels, more efficient killing will far outweigh the experience penalty.
Field grinding may not be the absolute best thing available for everyone but it's miles ahead of anything we had before. Estate/Grotto are obsolete aside from farming for specific items.