As was the case last year, the highest concentration of job levels was found at 37 and 75. However, this year we have noticed a large amount of players with jobs that fall on factors of 5, such as 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. While this trend can partly be tied to the influx of new players joining Vana’diel every month, it may also be a result of the following reasons:

1. Job traits & abilities
2. Extra jobs

As you may or may not know, when you start a new job in FINAL FANTASY XI, you begin at level one, and only begin learning new abilities by gaining in level. While not set in stone, most job-specific abilities and traits are obtained at levels which are factors of 5. We can assume many players raise certain jobs to levels 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. to obtain these abilities. Also, it is evident that many players have raised at least one job to 15 to compliment the job they raised to 30 in order to obtain extra abilities and traits.

Other factors such as chocobo licenses, level-capped missions, battlefields, and ENM quests are believed to have contributed to the “factor 5” phenomenon.

≪Main Job Level Distribution (Level 2-75)≫

[ Main Job Distribution (Level 1) ]
Job Levels Population Distribution 1 57.77%
[ Main Job Level Distribution (Level 2-75) ]
Job Levels Population Distribution Level Distribution 2 3.02% Level 2-10 28.13% 3 2.73% 4 2.53% 5 3.82% 6 2.73% 7 3.51% 8 2.90% 9 2.28% 10 4.61% 11 2.49% Level 11-20 22.17% 12 2.55% 13 2.07% 14 1.92% 15 2.92% 16 1.70% 17 1.87% 18 2.45% 19 1.47% 20 2.73% 21 1.45% Level 21-30 11.36% 22 1.15% 23 0.94% 24 0.96% 25 1.68% 26 0.96% 27 0.83% 28 0.67% 29 0.66% 30 2.06% 31 1.10% Level 31-40 15.47% 32 1.01% 33 0.80% 34 0.70% 35 0.76% 36 0.89% 37 6.14% 38 1.72% 39 0.66% 40 1.69%	Job Levels Population Distribution Level Distribution 41 0.94% Level 41-50 5.3% 42 0.98% 43 0.63% 44 0.48% 45 0.52% 46 0.39% 47 0.30% 48 0.27% 49 0.21% 50 0.58% 51 0.39% Level 51-60 3.53% 52 0.37% 53 0.30% 54 0.26% 55 0.29% 56 0.27% 57 0.24% 58 0.29% 59 0.25% 60 0.87% 61 0.59% Level 61-70 3.61% 62 0.47% 63 0.39% 64 0.32% 65 0.35% 66 0.34% 67 0.29% 68 0.26% 69 0.20% 70 0.40% 71 0.24% Level 71-75 10.43% 72 0.27% 73 0.31% 74 0.45% 75 9.16% Total 100% 100%