(12-29-2013, 05:17 PM)allgivenover Wrote: Edit: Find me a Miqo'te who appears to have aged as Hyur or Elezen do and I will discard my ideas immediately, This is not a personal crusade I am interested in waging, I'm just not seeing the evidence to conclude either way - this is why I've removed the issue from my own character by playing a young Miqo'te.
I simply don't think it's an issue at all. If there was any unusual aging traits regarding the miqo'te, the lore would likely have something to say about it (as it does regarding elezen and lalafell). That there are no "older" options for female miqo'te faces in character creation is no different than there being no older options for female Eth (or... uh, all the other races) in Rift - but one certainly couldn't say that their races don't age. Likewise, there aren't any aged faces for any of the females of races (and even some of the males) in TERA, but that doesn't mean the races don't age; in fact, the only exception regarding aging - elin - is explicitly explained in lore.
You're mistaking artistic tendencies towards beautiful women as lore, and that really isn't a reliable source of evidence.
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