[Suggestion] Can we get a “Hide All Players” option?

[MagicPeanut]

i mean, i can't stop someone irl in my community from wearing something stupid or having a giant poodle dyed neon pink and puke green. i see no reason to enforce the same upon an MMO which, fundamentally, was created to be based around a community. aka a group of loosely connected people with all their own thoughts, feelings, opinions, etc. the ability to see someone's glam/char and think "yes, i want that, too!" or to see another and be like "i will never do that ever wtf". to be inspired by people and views you wouldn't ordinarily encounter in other games, whether they be offline or only transiently-online (a la darksouls, splatoon, etc). as many have said in the thread, why play an MMO if that's what you want?

why would you ask for something that takes away from the reason why most others are here? there are literal hundreds of thousands of games out there with just as much if not more customization that you don't even need to pay a subscription fee for. if all you want to do is hide -certain- players, such as the ones you've deemed gaudy -- then what you actually should be asking for is a proper, functioning blacklist system unlike the horrible one we have set up right now.

Yeah, cuz there's hundreds of games with this exact plotline, right? With these exact characters, voice actors, music, is updated regularly, literally everything. Please point me towards that game. I would LOVE to play it.

And I'm literally taking nothing away from anyone. Literally nothing. I'm asking for a feature that wouldn't affect their personal gameplay at all, period. It would only be applicable in the overworld. Dungeons and the like would be off limits. How, how, how, on earth would this somehow be detrimental to other players if I'm using it?

Everyone who does want to look at/interact with other players (including myself) can do so to their hearts content. And when you'd rather have a break from it, the option would be there.

And lastly, I've already explained in the thread multiple times that I mainly play for the MSQ (and other story content), not the social aspects of playing an MMO. That's why I'm asking for it. When I'm playing through story content, I want to turn other players off. When I'm not, I'll uncheck "Hide All." Have I explained it well enough now?