skill-ups tied to levels

[Arclanz]

You know I just had a thought. I think it might be cool if skill-ups were not tied to levels. That way now two level 5 warriors would be the same. One might have 25 skill in defense and another might have 30.

Which brings me to my next point; is de-leveling possible here? If a level 50 warrior got bored and de-levled to 5, would they still retain their 200 defense skill? Of course the only place this makes sense is on PvP servers. ...Just curious.