Ghouls can't be "cured" and some would probably be offended by the idea of being "cured" due to 200 years of being connected with that.

Given you have a fairly nice (if tiny) house in a time of bread riots and civil war, you're probably a rather sheltered rich [censored] too.

And yet still making statements as facts when you haven't shown any to support your opinion on the matter as of yet.

And, ummm, there's nothing irrelevant about it, you made a comment that it's extremely unlikely the pc is over 40, I asked how so. I also asked where's the proof, yet you have shown none so far.

The protagonist will actually be over 200 years old.

If you honestly believe that the protagonist is over 40, that's fine. I don't need to prove anything; this thread was created to share what we already know, and early 20s-late 30s is an acceptable age range.

Here in the US, we have LOTS of combat vets in their 20's........ and yes, that would be early 20's as well.

235, actually, but only once the tutorial is over. Pre-war, the pc's age is anyone's guess at this point.

Man, that's gonna be weird when someone in the wastes asks your age.

Highly doubt it. From what we see those kinds of houses are common among the middle class which was also true in real life (In some areas there were even lower income families with houses with those designs) and given the G.I. bill paying for college I wouldn't be surprised if they were both college graduates.

just stick with ghouls and you're all on the unweird side (as far as age is concerned anyway)

Going by their looks I'd say the default man is 34 and the woman 31.

Just a guess of course, but they are clearly not designed to be in their early 20's.

They're not exactly slumming it though are they? Speeches at a veterans hall is not an activity carried out by people who have to worry about food riots and martial law.

Jason Bright had a mutation in which he cant turn feral. Marie Ashur was important because she was to be studied to find a cure for heavy radiation induced diseases. I truly believe Jason Bright will be referenced or even in the game. Same with Marie Ashur. Bethesda has already said the child will look like your character's characteristics. Why even bother if he's only in the game 5 minutes. I promise you that kid will be alive and in the game.

I was a sonar and radio technician, myself. So I didn't use a weapon.
It is true that everyone goes through at least some weapons training during boot camp.
But I still assert that I served with people who were useless with guns.
Training speaks nothing of retention, and the less you actively practice any skill, the less you're going to retain.

And yes ghouls do age according to Typhoon from FO2. He was a child when he became a ghoul.

Thanks for the reply. As a lowly civilian, all I know about the military comes from movies and documentaries.

Easy. Just don't mention the 200+ years part.

No worries!

I do think that a military BG should give one honed skills. And they should at least know where the safety is and so on. But military BG definitely doesn't mean one is going to be a badass.

What would be cool (not sure if it has the potential, based on what we have seen already in the demo) would be if you could pick what MOS/NEC you had in the military- which would be extrapolated and give bonus to Special or Perks/Skills or what have you. Almost like how we used to get to tag skills at the start of the game, or how the Goat helped determine them.

An assuming that number is exact, and the number that Codsworth spews is exact, that puts the protagonist at 35 years old, so NOT 40. Personally, I imagine that the 200 years codsworth mentions is just an estimation and the actual number is between 205-210, putting the Protagnist at 25-30 years of age.

There is no cure for ghoulism, it mutates your DNA to the point where your skin sloughs off and your hair falls out and your flesh turns necrotic. And where was it ever said that Jason Bright had a mutation where he couldn't be feral? He's the only non-feral glowing one we know of, but we don't know if he can go feral or not.

And that, is an assumption, not proof of anything.

and since no one can provide proof of anything, there really isn't a point in continuing this, is there?

It's a guess based on what little information we have. Considering that there is some evidence to support the age of 25-35, and NONE to support an age of 40+, what does Occam's Razor suggest?

Precisely.

You do realize that every single thing we know is a guess based on evidence, don't you? It's an educated guess, and one that we need more information to prove conclusively; but it's better supported than the guess that the protagonist is 40+.

Yet a guess is still a guess, and without proof, that's all you've got, nothing more, nothing less.