(09-23-2013, 11:30 AM)Naunet Wrote: My character Antimony is a 46 year old mother of three and has all of the lines and grey hair and stubborn weight to prove it! Of course, her in-game model only shows the grey hair... *grumbles*
I do always chuckle a bit at the number of "20-somethings" in roleplay, but then it kind of makes sense, as the majority of folk roleplay at least somewhat true to their chosen class and 20s to early 30s would be the "prime" of someone's life. Still! I definitely appreciate it when I run into older characters.
Actually, my little blob of friends has rather a number of older characters in it. Twinflame's character Megiddo is extremely old - in his 80s, I believe - and two other folks' characters, Ildur and Alcor, are in their 60s and 50s respectively.
I guess we're the senior(ish) club? XD
Jeez, I need to get on this senior club. We can all plan a day out and go use our age to get a discount at one of the local restaurantsÂ
. I'm glad some people out there is trying to also create a more diverse RP environment. Did you find people to play all three of your children ^^?Yeah, I had trouble making an older looking character in the creator. I really wish that there was some kind of age slider. I created a decent old man (who I thought about playing as an aged war veteran who refuses to admit that he is not at the prime of his life anymore), but had a hard time with creating an older lady which is why I was thinking of settling for a lady who was still slightly young and only recently began greying (yay for highlights at least
). With age expectancy reaching in the 80's, 30 is no longer middle aged (technically speaking) and it's 40 now. Plus I'm personally coming up on 30 (27 atm) so I tell myself this to make myself feel better
. I think it would be hard to guess the life expectancy of the citizens of Eorzea. I mean they do have magic and medicine which can help them live longer lives, but they also have 10 foot ants, beast tribes who summon extremely powerful beings, and all sorts of nasty surprises around every corner. They also don't seem to have any sort of social security set up for the poor or aging population. I mean Ul'dah is the richest nation and yet they have a pretty gnarly slum. It seems like you work and work to get by and hope that your kids will take care of you in the future.
Plus I would think that the life expectancy of the citizens of Ul'dah would be shorter than the ones of Gridania as they Gridanians seem to be more helpful and they house a lot of conjurers, while in Ul'dah you are kind of more left on your on. If I remember correctly, I think Limsa has actually the least amount of older NPC's. I'll probably go count them all when I get back from school though xD.Â
I'm glad to see so many people interested in playing older characters ^^. I have to seek out these wise people
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