[QOL Suggestion] /anonymous, can i have it?

[alhandra]

this game needs a feature or command that allows you to go anonymous. other MMO's have it and its a great feature to allow for some in game privacy.

i dont always want people to know what zone im in. whether its open world or an instance, sometimes its nice to be able to fly under the radar.i dont always want random players to be know what jobs i have unlocked so that they can send me tells about joining their random group or FC. i dont always want people to know what FC i am in or if i am in an FC at all. i dont always want people i dont know to be able to send me tells

if this game had a /anonymous command i feel like we would be afforded a lot more in game privacy. plenty of other MMO's have them and their benefits are obvious. some features could include

hiding your location in player search and on FC/LS/friends list
hiding your job/search info when inspected
hiding your FC tag and info when inspected
only allow people on friends list to send /tell

so, can i have it?

[Ehayte]

only allow people on friends list to send /tell

Please /10char

[TeganLaron]

Yeah...because that feature wouldn't get abused at all.

[alhandra]

Yeah...because that feature wouldn't get abused at all.

if you're worried about trolling, that happens anyways. legitimate trolls do not care about their online ID's reputation. in fact they feed on people knowing they are trolls and having that moniker attached to them. case and point: Crystal Tower

if anything, being able to go /anon would be more of a safeguard from the trolls. it would make it a lot more difficult for the malicious ones to find/track you

sure blacklist works, but dont think people arent beyond creating new characters just to troll people. i have friends that have been followed to new servers by people that disliked them just so that they could grief them on a new server

[KingOfAbyss]

i have friends that have been followed to new servers by people that disliked them just so that they could grief them on a new server

Sorry to hear that, but report - harassment. With what you just mentionned here, in about 15-20min they will receive a tell from a GM and then. Perma ban.

Now if they still wants to open another account just to harass: you do the same. If they are Millionaires, then bad luck. (IP ban would be another option) Otherwise they will find easier prey that won't report them.

[NovaUltimatum]

if you're worried about trolling, that happens anyways. legitimate trolls do not care about their online ID's reputation. in fact they feed on people knowing they are trolls and having that moniker attached to them. case and point: Crystal Tower

I found the opposite to be true actually. In Crystal Tower, back when Ready Check was introduced it's user was anonymous, and although it was mostly used in battle to make people fail dodge mechanics it was also spammed outside of battle just to annoy everyone.

Then as soon as the devs added into the logs the user, the trolling suddenly stopped. Any few fools who would would continue soon realized that they'd be quickly kicked and could no longer troll.

[Heavy01Mk2]

Yeah...because that feature wouldn't get abused at all.

how else are we suppose to play proper hide & seek?

[Zeille]

Yeah...because that feature wouldn't get abused at all.

Holy Negative Nancy Batman. Right out the gate too.

I'm legitimately trying to come up with some way in which being anon could be abused. You got anything?

[Swishytail]

Well, in regards to jobs/fc how would that work with Lodestone? If they REALLY wanted to know
what you had and if you were in an FC, they could pull up Lodestone and there it is. SE would have
to somehow link Anon with Lodestone to update and black everything out, but the Lodestone also
isn't instant.

Not saying I disagree with /anon, as we had it in XI, but with Lodestone ready and available it would
be really difficult to actually hide things like jobs or what FC you are in (if any).

[alhandra]

Well, in regards to jobs/fc how would that work with Lodestone? If they REALLY wanted to know
what you had and if you were in an FC, they could pull up Lodestone and there it is. SE would have
to somehow link Anon with Lodestone to update and black everything out, but the Lodestone also
isn't instant.

Not saying I disagree with /anon, as we had it in XI, but with Lodestone ready and available it would
be really difficult to actually hide things like jobs or what FC you are in (if any).

valid counter point. i guess that is something to consider, but even if it only affected in-game features it could still benefit. its mainly a deterrent for randoms sending tells to people they search and to some extent it could even curb RMT spam