Interesting, never heard of this in the game so far. However, it is correct to say that the casters are following a bit behind in skill-ups, their damage is burst so that's less casting and as already stated they have more involvement in group enhancement than ever. The casters in my guild are basically right now 3/4's the levels as my physical players with generally the same amount of playtime. Not so much a major issue but could probably use a little T.L.C.
We're all hoping to see some major fixes from S.E. for their official grand launch because of exploits like this, and a nasty little glitch that is causing monsters to display "Your target is already engaged" while you are fighting it. So while it is beating the living crap out of you, you can't engage it because the system thinks someone else has it. The best you can do is de-target and kite it till it turns red. Because of this, the primary focus we've all went to was just Crafting until correctional patches.
We're all hoping to see some major fixes from S.E. for their official grand launch because of exploits like this, and a nasty little glitch that is causing monsters to display "Your target is already engaged" while you are fighting it. So while it is beating the living crap out of you, you can't engage it because the system thinks someone else has it. The best you can do is de-target and kite it till it turns red. Because of this, the primary focus we've all went to was just Crafting until correctional patches.