To Devs about Adventurer Plates

[Alleo]

I like the idea. Sometimes in content with more people like the 24 man raid, I remember the character more than the name which means that I am a bit confused which name I should give my com. For example I got rezzed and saved quite a few times by a certain healer and I knew that he was a male elezen but I dont remember his character name..so there is a chance that I give it to the wrong healer.

With this, it might at least help.

At the same time I am not 100% sure if it should show customized plates...seeing how some are already using them for quite "interesting" shots.

[Raim]

I say a good compromise would be: Make this screen appear when you click Commendations. Don't make it automatically come up if you just exit a instance. If someone exits a dungeon without commending, they don't want to commend.

[Ath192]

I like the idea. Sometimes in content with more people like the 24 man raid, I remember the character more than the name which means that I am a bit confused which name I should give my com. For example I got rezzed and saved quite a few times by a certain healer and I knew that he was a male elezen but I dont remember his character name..so there is a chance that I give it to the wrong healer.

With this, it might at least help.

At the same time I am not 100% sure if it should show customized plates...seeing how some are already using them for quite "interesting" shots.

Yes I disagree with people being trashy about it. However this probably has a fix. There is a built in protection already as you have to have the characters gaze showing. Maybe it could be expanded so that the breast/butt region cant be occupying more than 25% of the portrait space or some other method of portrait zone control.

After that making an explicit TOS amendment clarifying it is reportable and the community would have to do their part.

I am sure we can make it go away. We will always find reasons not to do things however when care and thought is put in to them we can enjoy new features instead of no longer innovating. If you can opt out of the commendation system and provide an option to skip a screen that would take 1 second it gives an out to players who don't want to enjoy it. But overall I think that would be the minority of players and none of the "What if" scenarios given here really give me pause that this would be a change for the better yet.

[Ath192]

I say a good compromise would be: Make this screen appear when you click Commendations. Don't make it automatically come up if you just exit a instance. If someone exits a dungeon without commending, they don't want to commend.

This could work

[kaynide]

I would only be for this if the commendation portrait system was limited to a select few preset poses; decorate all you want with your gear and stickers, but I agree I don't want to finish a dungeon and be blasted by some idiot's attempt at trolling me.

Alternatively just use our headshots like we have here on the forum.

Actually I'd rather not pictures at all, but just a list of names post dungeon to commend since the good guys typically leave fast.

[Avatre]

I say a good compromise would be: Make this screen appear when you click Commendations. Don't make it automatically come up if you just exit a instance. If someone exits a dungeon without commending, they don't want to commend.

The only way this would be widely accepted, since some people still like giving out commendations where applicable(let's face it, there are always duties where people under perform so badly you just leave without giving out a commendation), is to have the toggle that was suggested where you either opt in to have the plates show, or keep it as is. If it's forced to see the adventure plates, then there will be a lot more complaint threads about that when what we have works perfectly fine.

I would be fine if the plates showed up at the start of a duty, and automatically got put away once the gate drops. That would be a better "introduction"(as stated as a reason for wanting the commendation window changed to include the plates) than changing the current commendation method.

[Nyxs]

I support this idea!

[Xirean]

I wonder how the people who are scared of portraits deal with normal content. Do y’all close your eyes when another player is around just in case the armor they’re wearing “trolls” you? Genuinely curious, since the idea of poses, emotes, and glamour seems to be such an “in your face” interference of your experience.

There's a population within the game that want to be able to turn off other peoples glamour on their side. People being averse to a system like this is not surprising.

Over reactions to criticisms aside, surely you understand the difference between chancing upon some rando in town in a bikini and being able to just adjust your camera or move VS having a full on downblouse/upskirt blasted across your screen that won't go away until you manually click it away.

The fact that this is even a possibility makes the idea dead on arrival without restraints.

Agreed. Downplaying that concern is honestly a much larger concern for me.

[kaynide]

I wonder how the people who are scared of portraits deal with normal content. Do y’all close your eyes when another player is around just in case the armor they’re wearing “trolls” you? Genuinely curious, since the idea of poses, emotes, and glamour seems to be such an “in your face” interference of your experience.

Over reactions to criticisms aside, surely you understand the difference between chancing upon some rando in town in a bikini and being able to just adjust your camera or move VS having a full on downblouse/upskirt blasted across your screen that won't go away until you manually click it away.

The fact that this is even a possibility makes the idea dead on arrival without restraints.

[Samdwitch]

I think its a neat Idea, let people express themselves.