I'm one of those who doesn't connect in-game level with in-character skill and don't (personally) believe it should be a factor. I play an experienced veteran soldier who's been using a sword and shield for over 15 years now, but she's only a 25 GLA because I rarely get time to play on Balmung and when I'm on Balmung, I'm doing RP. I've got an i125 WAR/PLD on Hyperion I can always link if someone gives me grief.
But outside of myself, I know a few characters who play errmmm "ditzy" characters? Or characters that aren't particularly skilled. But they're walking around with 50s or 50 everything. So I don't equate them being 50 PLD because they do Coil in their free time to them actually being a "master" or necessarily skillful Gladiator or whatever. I think whatever character they choose to play matters more.
That said, if you want to play as your character becoming more experienced ICly as you level up OOCly, I think that's great, progressive way to advance your character! And makes a lot of sense in a D&D sense of story progression. So go for it if its how you want to portray your character - I just wouldn't want my own character to be looked down on because she's a Lv25 hardly-played OOCly character. ^^
But outside of myself, I know a few characters who play errmmm "ditzy" characters? Or characters that aren't particularly skilled. But they're walking around with 50s or 50 everything. So I don't equate them being 50 PLD because they do Coil in their free time to them actually being a "master" or necessarily skillful Gladiator or whatever. I think whatever character they choose to play matters more.
That said, if you want to play as your character becoming more experienced ICly as you level up OOCly, I think that's great, progressive way to advance your character! And makes a lot of sense in a D&D sense of story progression. So go for it if its how you want to portray your character - I just wouldn't want my own character to be looked down on because she's a Lv25 hardly-played OOCly character. ^^
