[TheSlyMoogle]

Quoted from my friend Ryan Bill on the leveling system:

Meh it's not really like the sphere grid:

Grids don't overlap
As you defeat bosses you either improve your paradigms or unlock other branches
Your skills are capped and locked to each paradigm
Different characters have different paradigms unlocked, along with varied times for when they get certain skills or stat boosts
No branch jumping to other characters paradigms, at least not yet.

So that makes me semi ok with the paradigm system.

Luckily, he's going to send me his copy of the game when he's finished. Hooray.