Final Fantasy XIV announces no more leveling

04.08.2009
The latest in one of the most popular role-playing franchises of all time, will follow the massively multiplayer online format that was first introduced in 2003's Final Fantasy XI. One of the most fascinating announcements came when Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XIV will be dropping the series' trademark leveling system in favor for a "reinvented" character progression system. Final Fantasy XI's innovative job system will also make a return, but in a reworked format.

Producer Hiromichi Tanaka also revealed that Final Fantasy XIV will branch out into a brand new region in Eorzea, a more "modern" rendition of the classical Final Fantasy universe.