Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
Some things are much more difficult than you would expect, particularly when it comes to FFXI, because the game was entirely developed on ps2 dev kits, and the systems that drive this stuff were built many years ago by people who probably don't work at SE anymore. Thus it is highly likely that it wouldn't be a trivial thing to implement, and there are a lot of more higher priority items for them to implement or update than removing the graphic from a rare weapon from the view of the three people who play in first person at all times. Not to minimize anything about people that do play this way, but it really is a very uncommon thing. I don't personally know anyone who does this except for taking screenshots or looking around in confined areas.
Yes, I can sort of expect that, believe it or not, and I do agree. I am aware of these things, and I also wouldn't want them to use too much time on it either, when and if that time could be spent on something that will help more than those three (I only know one who does it a lot, and myself who does it mainly for the screenshots and, sometimes, for no particular reason... but definitely not full-time or even most of the time).

It's a low priority thing, but it is a thing... for some users. ^^