New "grown up" faces for the new expansion please.

[Fayt1203]

Always up for more option for the character creations but let's face it seeing how when it comes to the character creation and everything around it I'm not seeing this happen in near future

[Ammokkx]

but let's face it

hehehehehehehe

[MikkoAkure]

That's exactly what I said?
(Emphasis mine)

They age 1/10th to 1/5th slower.
That quote was pulled from the Encyclopaedia Eorzea, which I literally pulled out to check before making my post.
At the most generous (1/5th slower) this means that when a Hyur is 50, a Elezen born the same day will effectively be 40.
Someone aging 1/5th slower than another will make next to no difference at Alisae and Alphinaud's age.

It seems like you're hung up on the lifespan thing. I think the point that they were getting at, is that according to the lore, elezen stay looking like children longer. It's not specifically to do with the fact that they live 1/5 longer lives, they just mature slower. It's mentioned that they go into a growth spurt later on but are much shorter than adult height into their late teens. How long your potential lifespan is doesn't always tell how slow or fast you mature. Parrots can live up to 60+ years but are adults in just a couple of years. Cicadas live 17 years but are only adults for the last couple of months.

Getting back to the topic at hand, you're looking at age from a human standpoint. You can easily make a hyur who bridges the gap between the young adult and senior faces. As for the other races, F'lhaminn is 37 and uses a face that players have access to so it seems like female miqo'te don't age the same way humans do, or she learned some alchemical tricks from her boyfriend. There are other NPCs who don't have special faces but are insinuated to be in the age range you're talking about as well. It appears that despite the harsh life Eorzeans live, the aether must be keeping them fresher for longer /s. But considering no one uses the old faces we do have for both genders of midlanders, male highlanders, male au ra, male miqo'te, and male elezen, I don't see the devs spending time and resources making something that players don't really use. But then again, I could be wrong since they made hrothgar a thing.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Somehow, the white hair don't seem to be the reason, if you look at the cutscenes from when he was younger he always had those and they didn't really age him. I thik it's indeed the beard, but also he seems to have some pretty deep wrinkles under his eyes.

He's had to deal with Nero his whole life. That would age anyone.

[Tlamila]

He's had to deal with Nero his whole life. That would age anyone.

It's funny, I heard this said a lot xD But then I also think about poor Nero who kept working hard and being overshadowed by Cid because of his father and I think he also should look more stressed. xD

[Styrmwyda]

Can we talk about how Thancred is noticeably older but Alphinaud and Alisae still look like children? Are they immortal?

Note that we don't know how much time has passed during the events of ARR, HW, SB, and the events on the Source in ShB (note that the Scions who were taken to the First are basically corporeal spirits there, they don't age). All we know is that between the end of Legacy and the start of ARR 5 years had passed. As for Thancred's more mature look in HW and SB, it is possible that it was simply retconned in ShB, as he is back to his ARR look in ShB (even when he and the rest of the Scions are returned to their bodies in the Source).

[AngelCheese77]

Since it’s an eastern based game they like younger characters.

[Lily_Skye]

delete Lyse please

[StriderShinryu]

I'd like this as part of a full update of the character creation system. A better selection or level of customization from head to toe, including not only more face variety but more option/variety in body type would be something I would love to see. And, really, the two do go hand in hand. Even if we did have a selection of "old" faces added to the game we'd still all be basically rocking super lean, fit bodies which would just be a dumb looking combination in most cases.

[Kikoten]

I certainly wouldn't mind the ability to make characters plus-sized, like the Miqo'te from Eulmore.