Quote Originally Posted by Krotoan View Post
Punishment in the sense that if they wanted to get rid of something they didn't want, they'd have to remove their own options on their OWN computer for customization.

It would be as simple as a checkbox in a control panel that says "hide other players customizations" or "Enable placeholder avatars for other players" that tells the client to load generic avatars for all characters that aren't NPC's or the player.

Whenever the game client loads someones appearance it's loading maybe 3 tags per piece of gear and maybe 10-20 about the character itself (I don't have access to go look up the actual number of character customizations atm). Making it so the client instead loads a default appearance based on : Race, gender, job, level threshold would be very simple.

Why would you even bother to say anything beyond "Gimme a sec" if you had to do something like that? Why would you indirectly insult someone with that information? Most players understand you don't say things like "Hold on gonna mute the idiot" when you don't like what someone is saying.




OK.. maybe randomized skin tone? I honestly did not consider that.
To clarify, I think it's fine for the player to see their own their own customization if they had glamours disabled.
No 45 day lockout either,
I kinda skimmed over the post I quoted, please excuse me.

I stand by what I said regarding all or nothing for everyone else though.
Selectively hiding avatars would indirectly promote intolerance and discrimination and I really don't think Yoshi P would care to foster that kind of community.

Regarding the latter, I certainly wouldn't declare such a thing, and I likely am not friends with anyone that would.
Someone would inevitably do so just to be rude, and such discourteous jabs most likely slide on their own.