Another thing you will like, along with me. Is a thing that's called being "Rested". You get rested by being either offline, eating certain foods. or just sitting for a while. When you are rested, your exp per kill doubles for a percentage of your lvl( to put it a different way, if you've seen screnies, how long you are rested depends only upon a section of your "exp bar". meaning it does not depend on number [ie 3400 exp]. And the max you can be rested is untill your next level.
This works out for guys like you and me who didn't have much time. It took me almost 6 months to get to lvl 30 w/ a good subjob in FFXI. To me this is a great thing they have added.
P.S. when you log out. make sure you log out in an INN, it increases your rested time.