This really makes no sense, but just to add to what he said. I created a Mage and an advanced char one day apart. The mage started with 40 hours while the advanced char started with 24. Logging back on the mage it still said 40 hours. Each time I logged on the advanced char the young time would change as I was on it the most. Everytime I logged on the Mage it always had 40 hours.Memnoch said:The way i was explained it the system was designed to work like this. When you log on your account is given 40 hours of young status. As you play it wears away. If you play off 5 hours, then make a new char when you log in it will say, you have 35 hours left. Well, every time you log in as a new char the timer is suposed to synch itself with the rest of your account, but for whatever reason (osi's amazing programing no doubt) this doesnt always happen as intended. So its possible to have some at 30 hours, some at 10 hours, or whatever. The only time it really seems to catch up well is when the first char loses its young status. Also, after saying "i renounce my young player status" no new char created on the account should have young status, but the ones that were created before, i believe get to keep it for the duration they have left.
When my Advanced char was at 10 hours I made a warrior and he starts with 40 hours. Now, I've not logged on the warrior or mage since the advanced character lost young status so I'm not sure if they are still youngs. I do know I can no longer get young on a new character. I'll have to see how my first char was effected.
Theres no way to really tell whats a bug and whats not as OSI does some wierd stuff sometimes. Just from what he said and what I've come across. I would think as soon as one player uses Young the account is tagged to prevent any other young characters from being made. As for the previous characters I'll find out if they are still young when I get home.