User blog comment:Kacj321/The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is Enormous IGN Artical Two New Screenshots/@comment-1915112-20110419233820/@comment-3418587-20110420001145

More emphasis has been put on levelling up to improve your character. They were probably removed to stop people taking them as quickies to help them improve just by running about, when their play style may not even be that athletic. Its a good call in the circumstances but I dont like the lvl up perk importance myself, it means you cant be the best at everything.