Characters that age

[Konachibi]

Lifespan would be an issue, how long does each race live, how do they change as they age, would we all be forced to start off at age 18, is 18 even the mature age, could be 118? 5?
Do they even do it on time, what about landmarks, first sex? first facial hair? first kill? first kick in the ... well yeh..

Our age is worked off 1orbit ~ 1year , here it could be 1 orbit, 4 orbits, 21 orbits or 17 seasons = 1 (whatever)?
And if they live 100 (whatever) on average would we even see a difference , maybe its 1000, then they will still look young when were all dead, 10k?
What if 1 of our years to them is 20 to us? :P

OK on a serious note.
All the lore would be fun and great to see, (SE set a Framework then put it to the comunity to help create then get it writen up like EvE do it almost).
But really ageing would mean having a fix'd lifetime for the game, what if FFIVX is still running in 12years and it was based on the idea of 6, were all on our 2nd OAP?

All we need is more customisation and a redo on our toons, I'd probably age mine but keep my look, she looked younger then i had intended, if they add a babber shop having he option to age up could be added (without an undo option!!!)

Eorzea has 32 days in a month and multiple moons, even when it gets to night it's hard to work out exactly what time of night it is without using the clock.

So yeah, the age system would be weeeeiiiiird.

Let's just say something like... the anima system renders all people in Eorzea immortal. Problem solved (b'.')b

[Darkshade]

No thanks.

[Eekiki]

Hate to be a neighsayer, but this sounds like too much work for barely any benefit or coolness factor or anything.

I see what you did there.

[northernsky]

I don't know about aging, but some options that become exclusively available after playing, or fighting for a certain amount of time (specific hair or beard pattern, scars, slightly tougher built shape etc.) could be cool if they really distinguish from new players.

An optional, visual indication that separates the veterans from the new players

[Eekiki]

At least I know as a Lalafell, my chest won't get saggy as I get older.

[Konachibi]

At least I know as a Lalafell, my chest won't get saggy as I get older.

That's just.... eww....

Eekiki, I seriously wonder about you sometimes

[Eekiki]

That's just.... eww....

Eekiki, I seriously wonder about you sometimes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZSXnrbs_k

[Arshei]

I wouldn't like my character to age. By the time I got around to doing any endgame I'd be like 10000 years old and probably would drop dead before getting any drops I wanted. =p

[Maeili]

Character aging? This isn't mabinogi.

[Colino]

What foul sorcery has been cast on the denizens of Eorzea that years go by without anyone advancing in age?

The same that hit the Simpsons, South Park and pretty much anything that needs to have recognizable characters over large periods of time.