I wish there were more options for making a character look older. I've seen a few older-looking faces on male hyur and miqo'te, but not many on female characters. I'd have liked to have made Salty look older without looking harsh--I like her dopey expression, but it makes her look young!
Salty is in her mid-to-late 30s and considers herself old to be her profession (sellsword) and not having been killed yet. Now in our world I consider 30s young, but in a more feudalistic society, I imagine 30s is middle-aged for a commoner. Salty also has a teen or young adult child (hoping to get someone to play her daughter so I have left the age vague).
(Not sure if it is fair to call FFXIV feudalistic since we don't seem to have lords living off peasant labor, but not sure what else to call it to signify a pre-industrial fantasy society.)
I suspect that a lot of people who have time to play MMOs are in their early twenties, and I think some people want to play a character near their age. I know I did when I was younger, and when I was 13, rolled 13 year olds, and when I was 19, rolled 19 year olds. They also looked like me. Hmmm. I'm more comfortable playing characters different than myself now, which is why I never play the "human" race in games anymore.
PS: Salty may be older than many in her profession, but she is neither wiser nor more mature--makes for fun RP!
Salty is in her mid-to-late 30s and considers herself old to be her profession (sellsword) and not having been killed yet. Now in our world I consider 30s young, but in a more feudalistic society, I imagine 30s is middle-aged for a commoner. Salty also has a teen or young adult child (hoping to get someone to play her daughter so I have left the age vague).
(Not sure if it is fair to call FFXIV feudalistic since we don't seem to have lords living off peasant labor, but not sure what else to call it to signify a pre-industrial fantasy society.)
I suspect that a lot of people who have time to play MMOs are in their early twenties, and I think some people want to play a character near their age. I know I did when I was younger, and when I was 13, rolled 13 year olds, and when I was 19, rolled 19 year olds. They also looked like me. Hmmm. I'm more comfortable playing characters different than myself now, which is why I never play the "human" race in games anymore.
PS: Salty may be older than many in her profession, but she is neither wiser nor more mature--makes for fun RP!
