Age slider ( Possible spoilers?)

[Pakonitan]

With some additions in the new patch, I started to think more on a previous idea; age sliders in character customization. From kid to current age to elderly, think of the variety it would help bring with player population, not to mention the possibilities in role playing. To those whom might say that would make the player too old or young to go on an adventure, there are examples of this game-wise that would prove otherwise. Only problems would be for Square to make more character models to accommodate these new customizations, but there already exists kid and elderly models in the game, so they wouldn't have to go too far. Also the coding to refer to the character by npc might have to change, but I wouldn't mind if they kept it the same.

What do you guys think?

[mp-please]

Would rather have that than a new race. A whole overall revamp of hairstyle textures, sliders and new features would be a hundred times more desirable than another human race with x animal feature.

[Cinno]

I don't see it happening just because the Warrior of Light gets put in tons of situations that are completely inapropriate for a child..sexual innuendo, alcohol use, etc.

I get uncomfortable enough seeing lalafell in these situations. xD

[ZhaneX]

People asked about the possibility of kid PCs, particularly Miqo'te, ever since we started seeing the NPC kittens popping up here and there...probably before really.

Yoshi-P did actually address the matter in a live letter once. No, in short. His primary reason given was that he wouldn't want to open up the possibility of dirty stuff being done to or by kid PCs with emotes and the like. Nevermind that people could do that to the NPCs already if they had the mind to...but that's the reasoning he gave, more-or-less.

Older PCs could be cool. I'm sure lots of people would love to play a gruff older adventurer.

[Averax]

I don't see it happening just because the Warrior of Light gets put in tons of situations that are completely inapropriate for a child..sexual innuendo, alcohol use, etc.

I get uncomfortable enough seeing lalafell in these situations. xD

The Aymeric dating simulator at the beginning of 3.4 would be awkward

[Colorful]

A kid wouldn't work as that would be too much to account for with SE, kids getting threatened with death (see the latest patch), drugged and so on. They could do it, sure, but they would have to account for many things and I feel that would hinder the story. This isn't even mentioning the lack of maturity in a child, what kinda person would rely on a child to save the continent! There's also "the possibilities in role playing" but I don't want to get into that discussion.

Aside from that, great idea! We have some old faces on male player characters, but it would be nice for them to global and apply to both sexes. Might be asking for too much, but two animation sets (running and walking only ofc.) for under and above 50/60 would be nice, but also a major amount of work for something minor.

[Cinno]

There could be a loophole with this... If they allowed us to make Padjal characters. The models already exist in the game, and bridge the size gap between Hyur and Lala's. It would get around the children situation as well because of the lore:

"The Padjal (角尊, Tsunomikoto?) are mysterious, holy figures in Gridanian culture in Final Fantasy XIV. They are seemingly unaging children born rarely from certain Hyur bloodlines in the Twelveswood, although the exact age at which they "stop aging" varies, leading to some discrepancies in their "apparent" age; some (like E-Sumi-Yan or O-App-Pesi) forever appear like preteens, while Kan-E-Senna appears more as a "late teen" of sixteen or seventeen years of age. Their age shows in some ways, such as grayed hair or dull skin tones, but they retain their youthful shape until death."

They stop aging at different points.. meaning you could have a Padjal that stopped physically aging at fourteen, but has then been alive for thirty more years. They would be 44 years old with all the maturity that comes with it, but have the body of a fourteen year old. They could allow the option to have different physical ages (i wouldnt say a full slider, maybe like three choices of Preteen, Adult, Elder) and still be specified to be adults age wise.

It would be a pain in the butt to make this happen though, as their Lore pretty much restricts them from ever being playable characters.. They're supposedly EXTREMELY rare, so It wouldnt make any sense to see them running around all over the place.. not to mention that they have a massive bond with white magic, and solely white magic..

The Padjal are children sanctioned by the elementals to conjure at full strength, particularly in favor of white magic. As soon as a child is confirmed a Padjal, he or she is inducted into the Conjurer's Guild and taken to live at the Stillglade Fane and takes a new name. Padjal typically become mentors to other Conjurers, if not members of Gridania's government.

I mean its doable.. but it would be very very tricky for them to get around the lore in a way that makes sense....


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Examples of some Padjal already in the game:
E-Sumi-Yan


Raya-O-Senna


O-App-Pesi

Source:http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Padjal

[mp-please]

People asked about the possibility of kid PCs, particularly Miqo'te, ever since we started seeing the NPC kittens popping up here and there...

Miqo'te kitten...... miqi'tten npcs now are exactly in the same number as aura npcs (only counting the ones that stand in town 24/7).

[MilesSaintboroguh]

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The devs said no to playable Padjal due to lore reasons; the race is supposed to be rare and are chosen I believe.

[Felis]

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But only Huyrs can become Padjals.
I can imagine a relic like quest to unlock that Hyur character customination on the account. Including doing task quests for many elementals in every region to get their blessing. Like the Moogle quests, but wider and bigger. Once done the player know everything about flora and fauna and the life in the forests.