Child/Teenager Characters

They are really cute and cool and I know it will most likely never happen but I wish we could play as them! I mean FF13 had Hope lol... Is there anyone else who would like this also? Just curious.. Heres a screenshot for those of you who dont know what im talking about.. This pic is in Uldah but there are also some in Gridania too...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitri_bebb/6069335139/

I believe that's a Lalafell

Ok, serious. I'm not really sure, but wouldn't be too bad if you could get more choices in how old your character looks.

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Originally Posted by Falcus

I believe that's a Lalafell

Ok, serious. I'm not really sure, but wouldn't be too bad if you could get more choices in how old your character looks.

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Lalafell arent kids lol

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Originally Posted by Pitri

Lalafell arent kids lol

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oh and I meant the kids/teens on both sides of the lalafell (me)

The Lalafell part was a joke xD
I was implying that I thought you were on about the Lalafell, not the kids, and that they're not kids :P

Going out on a limb here, I think this would be cool. I don't think it'll happen, but I am all for it.

I remember when this image first came out : final fantasy xiv, it looked like the hyur at the front is a young boy. Back then, I saw threads of people hoping and speculating we could perhaps choose an age for our characters (young, young adult, adult, older). Would have been great!

On that note, I'm hoping we see some young Roegadyn and child Lalafells around cities down the line. They made for some interesting npcs in XI with their equivalents (Star Onion Brigade in XIV!).

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Originally Posted by Valarian

Going out on a limb here, I think this would be cool. I don't think it'll happen, but I am all for it.

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Yeah Im not holding my breath on it but it would be pretty awesome to be a young Elezen or Hyur or one of the oracle kids in Gridania

I don't think they'd fit into the game as playable characters. Just don't seem up to the task of running around adventuring and crafting fine items and gear, fighting dragons, w/e else, etc.. Just like a morbidly obese person or a 95 year old granny wouldn't fit in either. As npc's, yeah sure, they're fine... But not as the playable adventurers. :P

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Originally Posted by SnowTiger

I don't think they'd fit into the game as playable characters. Just don't seem up to the task of running around adventuring and crafting fine items and gear, fighting dragons, w/e else, etc.. Just like a morbidly obese person or a 95 year old granny wouldn't fit in either. As npc's, yeah sure, they're fine... But not as the playable adventurers. :P

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Well throughout many final fantasy games there have been youth characters.. even in final fantasy 4 (2) we had Polom and Porom the 2 mage kids who accompanied you on your journey.. then there was Gau in Final Fantasy 6 (3) The feral kid. Vivi was considered a child and in 13 we have Hope. I think they would blend in nicely but to each there own :p.. Im at least happy we will get Male Miqote and female Roedgyn :p

*edit* And in 6 there was also Relm lol

I'm up for it too maybe they could add these with the missing races and new races they plan on implementing.

omg Coombah I LOVE your signature its so cute!

It would have been nice if we started out youthful and as your physical level increased you would gain physical maturity. Not starting too young and not ending too old, of course with the option to disable the effect and look how we do now....
But too late now lol :p

I want padjal to be a playable race. Brother E-Summi(sp) and the others look cool and o wanna be one!

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Originally Posted by redmage

I remember when this image first came out : final fantasy xiv

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Oh. hey, I see one of those horned characters from Gridania. Or at least it looks like one.
Maybe it's just a lalafel with odd hair.

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Originally Posted by Keith_Dragoon

padjal

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Yeah, those guys.

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Originally Posted by Keith_Dragoon

I want padjal to be a playable race. Brother E-Summi(sp) and the others look cool and o wanna be one!

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Yeah when I first saw them it made my character seem so lame lol

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Originally Posted by Keith_Dragoon

I want padjal to be a playable race. Brother E-Summi(sp) and the others look cool and o wanna be one!

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This! /thread

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Originally Posted by Pitri

omg Coombah I LOVE your signature its so cute!

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/blush Thanks Pitri! My idea and a LS mates talent with photo shop ^^ (Thank You Sinny!)

Back on topic Padjal would be another awesome race to add.

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Originally Posted by SnowTiger

I don't think they'd fit into the game as playable characters. Just don't seem up to the task of running around slaying different variations of marmots and botting..

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Fixed that for you...

And let's not forget all the characters that kicked tremendous arse despite their youth (Rydia, Palom & Porom, etc)

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Originally Posted by Aiko

Fixed that for you...

And let's not forget all the characters that kicked tremendous arse despite their youth (Rydia, Palom & Porom, etc)

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and dont forget Gau and Relm :p.. and wasnt there a child elvaan in ffxi who was able to kick serious butt too?

I don't think playing as a child would particularly lend well to the context of the game.

Someone should probably explain to this optimistic young lad what happens when you add a child element to a free and open MMO roleplaying game. It just won't be me.

All the races were made into a scaled version of the basic human model. If they'd add the ability to make a short chubby child or a muscular wide human the shallow cover of how races were made for this game would be blown.

Also no reason to bring up the gear issue they are already made by scaling them and there is no reason a fully animated character can't be scaled.

I liked the fact that XI had children running through the cities but to be honest those kids look just like scaled down adult humes to me.

"They are really cute and cool"

Yeahhhh.....
Good luck with that.

i would of loved different characters to play then the same ones, or more over them plus alot of other new ones and children versions would of been pretty awsome. sob's in ffxi were great, i'd like to see children versions all over the game even if not playable lol.

goblins might of been my top race i think i would of wanted to play :)

but how they made the characters ... maybe was mistake thinking graphics meant more then content and more options. also what were they thinking for later in the future for expansions then? or if game like now isn't doing well how they gonna work with these same issues.

play as a child ? then all the "subligar" need to be remodel because of some kind of "pedophile law" from US if it is not in US the US seem to strongly against it (I know about this situation because Tera have to re-model armor to put stocking to their Ellin because the US say it is kind of pedo) so the best will be no child/teen character.

note: The old Elin armor show the legs while the other race do the same but ppl only attack the Ellin because it look like a child

eww, not in this game but i'd love to see something like ff13 in a mmo any mmo, where we all control like 3 characters, can dress them all diff, can all be diff races and styles ...this i can see happening but not for a very long time lol.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitri_bebb/6069335139/

Are those kids trying to camouflage themselves into the brown background?

No wonder this screenshot was the first time I noticed them...

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Originally Posted by Pitri

and dont forget Gau and Relm :p.. and wasnt there a child elvaan in ffxi who was able to kick serious butt too?

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That would be Prishe, Seltheus and the three tarus from COP. Although Prishe was not a kid just unable to age and I'm sure Seltheus was some sorta zombie kid.

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Originally Posted by Shneibel

play as a child ? then all the "subligar" need to be remodel because of some kind of "pedophile law" from US if it is not in US the US seem to strongly against it (I know about this situation because Tera have to re-model armor to put stocking to their Ellin because the US say it is kind of pedo) so the best will be no child/teen character.

note: The old Elin armor show the legs while the other race do the same but ppl only attack the Ellin because it look like a child

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That has nothing to do with the USA btw. The changes to the game are a result of the EU release, I don't know the specifics of it or if it even has anything to do with a law but the changes have literally zilch to do with the US of A.

Yeah, US has a ratings system that isn't actually legally enforceable, as demonstrated by a recent US supreme court ruling. The US constitution enshrines freedom of speech arguably more powerfully than any other country.

In various EU countries, plus my own Australia, this is not the case. Australia is VERY picky about sexual references and pedophilia. This includes any sexual activity with someone who looks like they're a minor, even if they are a person who stopped aging at the age of 13 about 60 years ago or however old E-Sumi-Yan is.
And this game has a rating here equivalent to about 10-years-old and up.

tl;dr - there are international rating issues regarding kid portrayal that would need to be worked around.

hmmmm you want to play with children eh...think their cute huh? You have seriouse issues.

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Originally Posted by ShadyLurker

hmmmm you want to play with children eh...think their cute huh? You have seriouse issues.

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Get your head out of the gutter, you have some serious issues by even thinking about it like that.. Anyway if you don't like it fine just say so but you don't have to be rude and attack people for silly ridiculous reasons. This is the one reason I had second thoughts on even posting this because unfortunately there are perverts like you who will take innocent things and twist them into something dark and sick.. Ok that's all I have to say about that..

To the other non poisoned minded people out there who would also like to see this implemented I'm glad to see others think this is a cool idea :) I still don't think they will ever do it but who knows!