[Rendar]

Dummies are actually about 20% of your EXP bar-- since bonus EXP (Brain food, etc) applies to it.

Early game is miserable though.

Try making a level 1 character in Korvara. Go into a level 1 dungeon (Beach Cave).

Watch as you get slapped for 90% of your health from ONE singular enemy that started their turn in melee range with you. This problem is inherent throughout the entire leveling process. Mages, and super long range attackers are about the only people that can, effectively, deal with this stuff.. Or dancers at low level (ice dance kills and does.. a LOT of damage at low level).

I'd prefer if the grind was cut down-- especially on the LEing side of things. Right now? I do a ton of thing at level 60, and go adventuring etc. I don't LE, however, because it makes zero sense IC to go on the Backwards grind of "oh yeah suddenly I just lost all my power teehee. Can't even lift up my normal weapon at level 1."

It all around could just.. use a facelift. Getting Legend Inks, in general, could just be changed to "Acquire X amount of EXP" -- and that entire amount of EXP could be the amount of EXP you need to go from 1 to 60 again.