NCSoft Aion took a good beating the last few days after the announcement of Double XP weekends to level 35. Players voiced their opinions that once again where the real level grind starts Aion was still making players spend countless hours of boring grinding for every bubble of xp. It was like a double slap, and spit to the face.
I am surprised they gave in so quickly. I am sure the declining subscription levels probably have urged them to respond quickly to players concerns. I don't know what the numbers are, but I personally know about 300 from my guild that stopped playing, and so many others from Warhammer that have disappeared.
At least many more players will now reach the level 50 milestone with double xp being extended all the way to 50. Of course all the players who grinded it out will be mad until they realize the game won't be fun until the majority of the games population hits that max level cap anyways.