It's time (Option to Hide other players Glamour)

[SnowVix]

People do know that in games like GW2 that still has an healthy fashion game and a cash shop does have the option to put people in basic gear in instances PvP at the very least. People survived, you still see the wonky fashion.

Granted it is not for every aspect of the game but it is just an example that does show that such a feature may not have such a large impact on the fashion game as many here seem to think.

That's specifically a PvP option to alert you to what the person you're targeting would be capable of. In XIV that's accomplished by simply replacing the nameplate with the job.

[Ath192]

Because every new feature added to the game costs developer resources to implement and introduces the possibility of bugs, and there is no evidence that this particular new feature would:

• be used by a large number of subscribers (most of whom never bother to dig down into their options menus anyway), or
• have any substantial impact on the number of subscribers.

Accordingly, since it won't matter to most players and won't help SE's bottom line, it's not worth the bother.

I think it would matter to most players. And a huge amount of players would use it when playing through content the first time.

If there were a flag I could check for "Dress players in their Artifact armor for first time instanced content playthrough" I'd use it.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I wouldn't object to the option existing, because I don't particularly care what other people see on their screens. I'm never gonna see it anyway. I'd never use it, as much as the barrage of naked Hrothgar and joke-glammed Roes gets old, but it wouldn't really bother me.

[Bobby66]

That's specifically a PvP option to alert you to what the person you're targeting would be capable of. In XIV that's accomplished by simply replacing the nameplate with the job.

I am aware of that the option still exists and it has no devalued the fashion market or be remarked as an enfringment of any kid like some have tried to argue here.

[SnowVix]

I am aware of that the option still exists and it has no devalued the fashion market or be remarked as an enfringment of any kid like some have tried to argue here.

You're unaware of the reasoning behind why the option exists

[Bobby66]

You're unaware of the reasoning behind why the option exists

I am aware, thing is the reason behind why it was put into place is a tad on the moot side if we being honest. Yes, in FFXIV it would not be in place for the same reason, the point I was trying to make is that the feature does exist in other games and it has not devalued the fashion market or has had any impact noticeable impact on the drive or the desire to glam their gear. As I said before sure in GW2 it is only for PvP but nevertheless, it is still a feature.

You have people in this very thread stating that such a feature would impact the drive for glamour while we do not have a proper 1 to 1 comparison the samples we do have that have such a feature granted not for the reason stated in the OP here. That said the fears and concern have not happened in GW2, granted PvP does have a smallish community due to other reasons.

I was not saying the feature in FFXIV should be added for the same reason as GW2, what I am saying it is possible for it be added, and outside of the development cost the other arguments against it do not seem to hold much water. That is why I posed the hypothetical situation that if development cost was not a factor would be people still have an issue with such a feature being added.

[RecoveryPotion]

+ 1 for this tbh. I really love the gear in this game especially the armor. I'd like to be able to turn peoples glams off so I can see it more, especially the least favorited ones that everyone glams over (lvl 50 stuff)

[Joven]

I was gone from here for over 2 years and this thread is still going with the same tired "help, I'm being oppressed by this feature idea" nonsense. Hydaelyn help us all.

[Zebraoracle]

Whelp, seeing as this got necro'd and is going to be on the front page for a few days...

That's a negative for me. Any gear in the game is fair game, it's been added in by the devs and is free for anyone to use for anything. Enforcing your idea of how everyone should look on other players, even if it's only on your screen, is encroaching on dangerous territory, and it's also similar to the whole issue with modders having body/clothing mods that affect other player characters in ways they might not appreciate.

I can't see this being a feature Square would *ever* implement, tbh. Maybe they will, who knows, but I highly doubt it.

[Joven]

Whelp, seeing as this got necro'd and is going to be on the front page for a few days...

That's a negative for me. Any gear in the game is fair game, it's been added in by the devs and is free for anyone to use for anything. Enforcing your idea of how everyone should look on other players, even if it's only on your screen, is encroaching on dangerous territory, and it's also similar to the whole issue with modders having body/clothing mods that affect other player characters in ways they might not appreciate.

I can't see this being a feature Square would *ever* implement, tbh. Maybe they will, who knows, but I highly doubt it.

Except now you're dictating what people can and cannot do with their own devices.