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

[MagicPeanut]

Every change made to the game comes at the cost of a change not made, because the developers have finite resources.

This is an MMO and that's what all the subscribers signed up for and what most of them want.
Accordingly, investing developer resources to eliminate the multi-player part seems a poor investment, compared to everything else the developers could do with those resources (like, for example, develop more content).

I seriously doubt adding a button to hide things on screen would take more time than modeling multiple hairstyles and faces or revamping a whole Job. Probably wouldn't even take a day.

[Silverbane]

I seriously doubt adding a button to hide things on screen would take more time than modeling multiple hairstyles and faces or revamping a whole Job. Probably wouldn't even take a day.

You've never been part of a large team that wrote a complex software system, have you? Nothing takes a day.

[Kes13a]

I seriously doubt adding a button to hide things on screen would take more time than modeling multiple hairstyles and faces or revamping a whole Job. Probably wouldn't even take a day.

then you seriously have no idea how software works.

this mythical button has to differentiate between player and npcs for one. your experience would take a dive in the dirt if suddenly all the npc's went away too. then they have to test to make sure it covers all areas, and that all required on screen assets do not disappear as well. your "simple button" would take more than a day to design and implement and quality test to make sure it doesnt break anything. so yes, it would take away from something else, like more multiplayer content for instance (not that you mind that right?)

[NitrogenFixation]

then you seriously have no idea how software works.

this mythical button has to differentiate between player and npcs for one. your experience would take a dive in the dirt if suddenly all the npc's went away too. then they have to test to make sure it covers all areas, and that all required on screen assets do not disappear as well. your "simple button" would take more than a day to design and implement and quality test to make sure it doesnt break anything. so yes, it would take away from something else, like more multiplayer content for instance (not that you mind that right?)

- the game already fully knows how to differentiate between players, NPCs, minions, chocobo, and any number of other models. There is literally a setting already that limits the number of characters and unnecessary objects displayed on screen for people with low end PCs. Also, you can already turn off names selectively for all kinds of targetable models.
- a third party plugin already exists that can do this, although I don't use it. it is not so difficult to implement that XIV couldn't possibly do it officially, it just ISN'T
- the devs are overhauling lighting and making all instanced duties soloable and furthermore are looking to make the whole experience solo-friendly, which totally undermines the argument that the devs are/should be focused on the multiplayer experience
- also, afaik, the team that would be handling this feature isn't the team that handles designing multiplayer combat. The development resources don't overlap. "Your suggestion would take away from combat designers making more multiplayer content for us" isn't a valid argument. Your apple tree won't make apples faster by you trying to stop someone else from having an orange.

I truly don't understand why you're all taking such hostile, patronizing tones about this.