The Final Fantasy VII Remake upgrade system is a huge improvement over the weapon system found in the original game. Final Fantasy VII saw the player gradually find more weapons as the game progressed and each generally increased the power and number of slots you could place materia on the weapon, while also increasing the power and number of slots you could place materia on the weapon. affecting their growth.
While this may have worked in the original to improve characters over the course of the game, in retrospect, it meant a lot of the old weapons were just being ignored, and that means in the first two hours of play you don't have any. reason to continue using Cloud's iconic Buster Sword.
In Final Fantasy VII Remake, the leveling system using skill points allows you to add upgrades to each weapon, with base stats that affect how you play with that character. This means that all of the weapons you collect throughout the game can be upgraded to work in builds or for certain purposes. Want to turn Cloud into a tank or Tifa into a powerful wizard? The leveling system will help you do that.
Skill points are not shared between weapons, but instead all weapons are allocated the character's maximum number of skill points. For example, if you have 20 skill points, Cloud's Buster sword and his other weapons each get 20 skill points to spend on upgrades, to specialize the weapon.
When it comes to earning skill points, the only way to do it is to level up your character. You gain more than one skill point per level, usually four, but quests usually offer items and XP, so the only way to see solid upgrades in your character is to keep playing and taking quests. secondary to increase XP.
