can a character hide their profile on ffxiv site?

i encountered a tank who couldnt be killed in pvp. i tried searching the name but no character shows up. I think this person may be a cheater

Been ages since I've PvPed but aren't PLDs ridiculously hard to kill because their LB is straight up "Yo I can't die" and it recharges faster than it should?

wasnt a pld and didnt have lb up. i want to know can people hide their profiles on ffxiv site?

No.

You can track people even if they change their names

if you type their name and follow it up with "ffxiv lodestone" generally the player pops up

If you're logged into the Lodestone yourself and search for a character by just using the little search field, the lodestone will only search for characters on your own world - if said tank was from a different world, they wont show up. You'll have to adjust the filters to search on all worlds (or a different, specific one if you happen to remember what world that tank was from).

You can set your lodestone-profile to "more private", aka displaying less information about your character on it for everyone to see, but your character will always show up.

They are on same world. Nothing at all shows up. Nothing

Sadly no. This could mean that they've been banned maybe? It could also mean that they've changed their name, although if you have a way of getting the old link to their lodestone profile then you can still find their profile under their new name if they did change it.

It is not possible to hide yourself from lodestone. If nothing shows up, then either the search is done improperly which is not a surprise given how terrible the search function in lodestone is, or the target player is a fresh name change and lodestone has not updated its records yet, which it only does twice a day.

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Originally Posted by Sove92

It is not possible to hide yourself from lodestone. If nothing shows up, then either the search is done improperly which is not a surprise given how terrible the search function in lodestone is, or the target player is a fresh name change and lodestone has not updated its records yet, which it only does twice a day.

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True and some people use ascii codes in their names. It can be hard to tell because some of them look just like normal letters.

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Originally Posted by KoroushSensei

They are on same world. Nothing at all shows up. Nothing

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The most likely explanation is that this PC was a ghost.

It's very clearly a Sixth Sense situation.

Wish I could help you stalk but it’s against the rules, unfortunately. Im good at it.

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Originally Posted by KoroushSensei

i encountered a tank who couldnt be killed in pvp. i tried searching the name but no character shows up. I think this person may be a cheater

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There are three explanations that I know of:

- They were still in the instance while you were searching them, therefore they wouldn't show up

- They have a tank of a PC and already exited and insta-queued something else before you searched them

- They crashed/were no longer online

It doesn't sound like a bot because bots will still show up if you search and there is no in game way (or out) to hide yourself. I'd honestly try to look via the lodestone first rather than rely on the in game search.

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Originally Posted by KoroushSensei

i encountered a tank who couldnt be killed in pvp. i tried searching the name but no character shows up. I think this person may be a cheater

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I don't think so.

Do GM's name show up on the lodestone.

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Originally Posted by hynaku

Do GM's name show up on the lodestone.

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No, but GMs have a very distinct appearance and wouldn't have any business showing themselves in a pvp zone. Pretty sure you wouldn't be able to target a visible GM in pvp with offensive skills anyway, because they didn't go through the normal duty registration process, they'd appear with a normal nameplate and the GM icon.

I have seen this happen a few times, no matter how I searched over multiple days a few dudes seem to have invisible names. I have always assumed it's due to ASCII or other tricky letter usage. Not common at all but seems to occur VERY occasionally.

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No, but GMs have a very distinct appearance and wouldn't have any business showing themselves in a pvp zone. Pretty sure you wouldn't be able to target a visible GM in pvp with offensive skills anyway, because they didn't go through the normal duty registration process, they'd appear with a normal nameplate and the GM icon.

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You typically won't see them anyway unless you get thrown in gaol and they have to give their shpeal on why youre there. When I dealt with my stalker situation they were invisible while watching it and communicating through tells.

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Originally Posted by Sove92

No, but GMs have a very distinct appearance and wouldn't have any business showing themselves in a pvp zone. Pretty sure you wouldn't be able to target a visible GM in pvp with offensive skills anyway, because they didn't go through the normal duty registration process, they'd appear with a normal nameplate and the GM icon.

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I still think it would be an awesome "double or nothing" PVP fight.

Get pulled into Gaol, and the GM explains your crime and does his bit, then offers you the chance of an Isgardian trial by combat match. Should you win, you are released free and reputation unblemished, if they win your character is deleted. 三方よし (Sanpo Yoshi / Three Way Satisfaction)

It can be a fair match, a little lala girl BLM vs the miscreant.

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Originally Posted by AnnRam

No.

You can track people even if they change their names

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But AFAIR only if you have a direct link to the profile.



Cheers