I wonder why wither even has the -age affect.

I can't see how this furthers RP, PK or the fun of the people involved.

It doesn't further RP since the character that gets hit has no idea when they will age die to begin with, nor does it make you any older so you cannot RP a sudden age change.

I don't see it furthering PK as the affect does not matter for the current fight. What I mean, assuming the affected character does not fall over dead due to age death in the space of the current PK fight then it really does not further PK. There is a long term affect by age dying someone early, but since most people delete before 200 hours I don't see that as a very reliable tactic.

My feeling on it is that when the -age affect matters, as in this characters life, its result is only a bad experience for the player involved, that is the one that has age died. Thus, it seems like a strange affect to have on an otherwise very good commune.

Well just my opinion and I am sure I am missing something.

PS please excuse any misuse of affect/effect, I'm tired today :p