Talk:New World/@comment-5037586-20180801123955/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180801200128

Yeah, the level cap issue can't be overlooked. While there are many people in the New World who have avoided any challenges that would cause them to gain a lot of levels, and there are lots of basically worthless job classes (like slave) that you might get from NOT avoiding harsh challenges, the main problem is that the average level cap is under 20, as indicated by Maruyama's tweet about relative power as well as by multiple references in the text and the depiction of passing level 21 being something that only people with innate talent can do no matter how hard they try.

Gondo is a sad example of the other side of the curve, he's capped at 11 despite devoting himself unceasingly to improving. He's also a good example of the existence of non-combat oriented levels. At level 11, his built up strength and endurance would probably help him avoid dying like a mook, but it doesn't make him equal to a warrior of even half his level.

People actually capped at 1-2 are probably about as rare as those who can hit the threshold of heroes. I guess anyone capped below that would die at birth or earlier, which is also a thing. But humans with caps significantly above 30 probably exist mostly as the result of God-kin lineages (officially recorded or not).