[The Mauva Syndicate]

You might want to talk to LadyKiKi - she didn't seem to have a problem leveling a number of jobs to 75. I'm sure she could give you some advice, or you could just sponge off of her wisdom and, what she calls XPS - Extreme Precision Soloing. I can't post links yet, but she posted a walkthrough for Beastmaster in a recent thread that I'm looking forward to myself, so soloing can be done.

It's just really really HARD. SE made things a bit easier with the boost granted by Signet against lower level Mobs (DC and below I believe, Could be wrong) and especially as a mage, that still means EP Mob> EP Mob> Rest> repeat repeat repeat (ad infinitum) DC's are do-able depending on your job - and frankly RDM can solo mobs most people run from, (All I can say is that RDM is a uniquely effective mage as a Soloist, due to the enfeebs and self-buffs, WHM and BLM are not nearly as easy to solo) so I'm not sure I can relate too much. I also am made to understand that once you get to 20, SMN isn't too hard to solo, BST, of course a lot of jobs. Then there are jobs that really can't be solo'd, and even getting to 10 alone can be a drag, meh.

It's a Fiinal Fantasy game, it's to be expected.