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

[Sebazy]

I don't normally like to absolutely throw people's ideas or theories out like this, but when are all so pointless. It's nothing but fear mongering. "OMG you're going to kill the MMO. You're turning my game into a single player game!" Quit throwing a hissy fit.

Where am I throwing a hissy fit or proclaiming that this would kill the MMO? I suspect you might be misunderstanding what I'm saying.

I'm a raid logger these days, I couldn't care less about my own glamour, let alone anyone else so I don't have a horse of my own in this race. I'm simply putting forward how coorporate at SE will view this. It's an addition that just isn't in their interests to add.

Edit:

Perhaps a better way of looking at this from SE's perspective would be this:

Look at dead hubs areas in older MMO: They are a bad look and make even successful MMOs feel dead and lifeless. SoE accidentally stumbled upon the solution by keeping PoK and the Nexus relevant across a sequence of expansions. SE clearly care about keeping obsolete content relevant to avoid the same dead look in old areas and you can see it across multiple systems. Everything from various Relic steps to the firmament is designed to ensure that old hubs and regions still have players actively running around them.

This button goes against all of that.

It's not fear mongering, it's simple logic.