StackMonkey: If you are concerned about your final score in finishing the game, is there optimum times to level up your party?
What are other important factors in maximizing the final score?
Jann180: I usually finish the game in less than a year (clearing all the maps and doing all the quests). The way I go about training is that I wait until I can level my entire party about 10 levels at a time, because each training session takes a week, no matter how many times you train (training 1 character once takes the same amount of time as training every party member 100 times).
As for other things affecting the score, I honestly don't know. Fame I think?
Very helpful info on training.
I did, however, find the score calculation from somewhere else.
1000* Fame/game Days played