User blog comment:Kacj321/The 18 Skills of Skyrim Confirmed/@comment-99.153.17.189-20110806180617/@comment-4255701-20110808222305

to the leveling system: it´s most likely to the system in fallout 3/new vegas. you got level up from completing quests or got your skill level increased of let´s say smithing (thereby you gain xp). attributes do still exist but there are at least only 3 left of the previous 8 known from oblivion to ease the system for rpg newb´s.