Quote Originally Posted by Joven View Post
Your argument is entirely hyperbolic. If this were a new MMO then maybe, just maybe you'd have a point, but this game has been around for almost a decade now. Introducing a feature like this now wouldn't stop the masses of RPers and glamour hounds from enjoying it because their communities are already well established. On top of that you assume that everyone who buys and uses glamours only do so to show it off to others and not simply because they like it. I couldn't care less if someone else liked my outfit or not, I do it solely for me. New players would only need to use the forums or Reddit or even just ask people in game for others of like mind if they're that concerned about their glamours.
Funnily enough, I'm a role-player myself and the FFXIV community managed to turn me off of it outside of a small, hand-picked group of players. Why, you might ask? Well, quite a few role-players in this game blur the lines between their character and themselves - which might go a long way towards explaining why this innocent suggestion is seen as an 'issue'.

I know quite a lot of role-players who keep to their own little groups and do their own thing away from those who try to force their character to always be the centre of attention.

Quote Originally Posted by Driavna View Post
Certain content like Eureka or Hunts will benefit from having said option. It's not uncommon that some players with a modest system have problems with loading times or FPS, having both options (using generic character model and/or hide others) will help.

I played others F2P MMO's that heavily lean towards selling cosmetics and at least have one of those options. No problems there at all.
It'd be very useful in busy areas in general like Limsa or Eulmore at peak times. Even during a supposed 'dry patch' I find that such places are full of players in the afternoon/evenings on Cerberus.