I was a Beastmaster, so I wasn’t hurt so much in the XP department when it came to camps. I had the perfect spot. Had the perfect ammount of Pets vs. prey, only a few other BST’s knew about it, and best of all, parties didn’t go there. Solo in that camp, if i remembered to take Regen and Refresh drinks, i could crank out 8000 EXP in an hour. The hard part is starting in the camp, because i have to fight Goblin Toredores, and before people kill them, the Goblins walk around all day and do nothing but buff themselves.
So by the time some silly Adventurer comes along, you have to fight a Goblin with Protect 4, Shell 3, Haste, Regen, Barstone, En-water, Stoneskin, and Blink. However, once you kill them the first time, they are much easier once you get a patter going.
However, i ran into problems when it came to acquiring end-game gear. Pretty much everything i wanted to get and needed to make myself better(aside from Relic) was all “priority” pieces for other jobs. So, no matter how hard i’d try, i would always lose that piece of gear to a NIN, or a SAM, or a PLD, “because their jobs are more important.” So, yeah, i agree with your last comment. I am playing it again on a much less-serious note than before. RL won’t let me play it like i used to, and that’s fine with me.