Oblivion Style Levelling System

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Joshua Payne says
I think the levelling system might be similar to what we experienced in Oblivion. Instead of outright gaining experience and levelling up, characters will have "focus" skills that vary in specialisation per job. When these skills are raised, the oppurtunity for level up increases, until a character obtains enough experience in their focus skills to earn a level up.

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7th June 2009
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Ariska's Comment:
Quaint how the first thought that came to my head when I read "no experience system" was The Elder Scrolls series. For those who haven't played these games yet, the easiest way of describing it would be simply to boldly label it as the greatest non-experienced based levelling system to date.

Whether or not such a levelling system would suit Final Fantasy 14 remains to be seen. There are plenty of complications that'd arise and cause conflicts for players.

Most sinisterly, people would monopolize content in order to level up their class's key skills and become a stronger adventurer. People would concentrate on a specific skill or the skills that develop a character's strength quicker. The less popular classes and skills would have less support and make help from fellow players harder to find.

It would be nice to think that Morrowind and Oblivion's progression system would be used in Final Fantasy XIV. Of all the aspects of gameplay that made those games so enjoyable, the way that characters grew in strength was one of the best.

The lack of focus that this system had on experience points, and the way using a particular weapon would increase a character's level faster or slower, specifically encourages the link between the Weapons of Final Fantasy 14 that plays a huge role in the Final Fantasy 14 Levelling System, as cited by the production team.

Whatever the system Square choose, Josuha's theory is idealistic and something that connaisseurs of The Elder Scrolls series will really relate to and hope for.

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