Guild Wars 2

I’ve always wanted customization in an mmorpg that let you customize how old you are/look. In nearly every mmorpg you look like you are 30-50 y old. Some races look younger and some maybe older. Overall there’s is a fixed age range for each race. Please remove this from every new game releasing in the future.

I want to look like an old sage. A long beard, mustasche, a white long cape, a staff and a pet companion, looking for ancient and hidden places in the world.
Or
I want to be a young strong boy, a warrior, trained by my passed father who died in battle, wielding my two-handed sword killing my enemies ahead to my future.

In every single game you can never customize your character to look like this or feel like this. It’s always a fixed age. Mostly 30-50. It’s getting really tiring.

Oh my god that title, here we go again. http://youtu.be/IQJjg0X7raQ

Each race tends to have one or two young or old looking faces, but you’re right; mostly we’re confined to a set age range. I think this is partially done to avoid a disconnect with the voice acting. There’s only one voice actor for each race/gender option, and the voices already don’t fit many of the current customization options. It would be really jarring to hear the current male human voice coming out of a young boy.

Kalarchis.8635:

Each race tends to have one or two young or old looking faces, but you’re right; mostly we’re confined to a set age range. I think this is partially done to avoid a disconnect with the voice acting. There’s only one voice actor for each race/gender option, and the voices already don’t fit many of the current customization options. It would be really jarring to hear the current male human voice coming out of a young boy.

That is true. Though they could add new voice actors voices.

Even if you could have a proper old look, don’t forget you would still have to go around with a young-dude voice, totally unfitting for most of faces and ages. Had to delete my Gandalf, because (further than the disappointment for the too few features to make an even slightly close-looking character) his voice whenever saying some line was simply like a punch in the eye, destroying any kind of “atmosphere” you could have in role-playing him.
First they should add the chance to choose among deeper voices and such (some other games, like DA, have this.) , then add more, different features to satisfy those who don’t want their chars to look like 40 year-old Hollywood actors.