Template:Leveling

Alpha-1 early iteration of the level-up effect by Jim Sanders.

One of the cool abilities we all love seeing and gives us a major dopamine response is when our character levels up. – Steven Sharif

Leveling won't follow a traditional linear path, although classic mechanics for leveling exist. Experience (XP) is gained through a variety of activities:

• PvP.
• PvE.
• Exploration.
• Gathering/Processing/Crafting.
• Events/Quests.

A character's level will be visible to other players.

There will not be level boosts or auto-leveling.

As part of our ideals as a game we're not going to give boosts away. We're not going to auto-level up a character. You have to spend time acclimating yourself to what this game is, to what the world that you're part of is; and that's an investment- a time investment; and that plays towards our ideas of risk-versus-reward; and I've always said our game's not going to be for everybody and that's okay. – Steven Sharif

There won't be any damage dampening due to differences in levels in either PvP or PvE.

If I have a skill that does a thousand damage to a target of equal level I don't want my skill to do zero damage to a target that's five levels above me. – Steven Sharif