So, why isn't this a thing yet?

[Elazu]

I certainly hope the people crying "PEDOPHILIA" don't find babies cute. By your own dumb reasoning, that makes you pedos. Congrats.

[KisaiTenshi]

Like, seriously, is there a valid reason for which loliqo'tes are not playable yet?

Probably has more to do with the amount of gear that would need bust-adjustments and some of the stripper-riffic outfits.

Please no playable children.
I wouldn't mind more NPC children to add diversity in towns and settlements but I don't think we need children fighting the forces of darkness or going though the Eternal Bond ceremony, thank you. :B

*Edit*
However, if they wanted to add more facial features to make more youthful looking players (without making the children) then I'm all for it.

You never played Mabinogi, where you could play a 10 year old for a week at a time, or use a pot to just look like one without the stat nerf. It's probably the one cash shop item everyone buys but doesn't actually need.

I certainly hope the people crying "PEDOPHILIA" don't find babies cute. By your own dumb reasoning, that makes you pedos. Congrats.

Bingo.

The main thing to remember is that by western standards "being attracted to anyone 5 years younger than yourself" is considered morally abhorrent, much in the same way gay marriage is seen by some (which Gay Marriage is now legal in the US as of an hour or so ago.) There are a smaller fraction of people who see nothing wrong with being attracted to people 3 times their age. It's just weird, but not wrong.

The Legal implication, for age-of-consent doesn't apply to characters being played by adults. If two 30 year old players play 10 year olds online, and do adult things... that is still two 30 year old players who understand consent. The age-of-consent laws exist because while 12 year olds may certainly understand consent, they are still children and are vulnerable to adults who may take advantage of them through social engineering. Look at how many pedophiles come out of churches and schools. This is because these adults spend so much time around children in a position of trust, that at some point the Adult loses sight of that trust. Sure maybe some students do have a crush on their teacher, but it's the teachers responsibility as an adult to not take advantage of their position.

So if you think the picture above is cute, you're just human. There is nothing wrong with cute things. Now if it were possible to play the children in the game, it would not devalue the game, but it may require changes to the storyline to account for age.