Can you help with with understanding the levelling system

It's not up to Microsoft to "level" the playing field...you can say the same about playstation. These are all different platforms for different users.

Buy what you want to use and understand the limitations of each system before you make that purchase

You can only bust your @$$ to level 81. I was brand new to Skyrim and had little understanding to the perks system (even with the strategy guide) until I reached about level 43. It was too late for me to really create a fantasy character I wanted without
starting over. So, I kept that character and I've maxed out at Level 81.

Like onyx says.

And if it works like many other sites that uses Community User Levels then i know that usually you reach level 1 after 10 posts/replies, (level 2 and 3 i'm not sure), Level 4 is afer 500 posts/replies and Level 5 is after 1000 posts/replies. Any further
levels after 5 is a complete mystery to me as i've never reached that level of activity anywhere :/

So if I just post here to post that will help?

The CUL (Community User Level) is a representative number of how much you post on the forums. No one really knows what the criteria is for raising your CUL (how much to post) but so long as you post on the forums and post well it gets counted towards your
level.