I like the new system much more as it gives you the chance to catch up on the 15+ years of experience that your player was a vegetable. Also you start weaker than a looters who don't have those years of experience. they need to buff your start hard or reduce your starting age so that your character wasn't an incompetent imbecile for 15 years. which BTW is almost 70% of a avg medieval lifespan...
historical facts-
In the Middle Ages, the average life span of males born in landholding families in England was 31.3 years and the biggest danger was surviving childhood. Once children reached the age of 10, their life expectancy was 32.2 years, and for those who survived to 25, the remaining life expectancy was 23.3 years.