More security PLEASE!!

[NoctisUmbra]

You pointed nothing out though. You "assume" people will. Then you projected that assumption as fact upon the OP.

You said "Hiding does not solve whatever issue OP is having in his LS." he never said he was having problems. He said he wanted to prevent any. Not to mention your astounding logic, to claim its satisfactory for you to make a false assumtion, just because previous posters did. Wow, thats some thought process there.

Actually, my pointing out other posters saying it will lead to suspicion was to support the notion that, well, people will find it suspicious. There are people quite obviously expressing their suspicions in this very thread.

Honestly, I hope not. It would be nice to be able to hide your character details from people who ask to see them and not cause unwanted suspicion and unfair treatment. I don't assume it will lead to this, however I do expect it will.

Like I said in my post a page back that you blew so ever out of proportion, if people want it so badly then fine. I just want to point out the risks associated with it. OP wants to prevent drama. Explicitly hiding stuff about yourself is known to lead to drama.

As for your condescending remarks, they really are quite childish.

[Dreamer]

There's also zero reason not to be able to hide either if you want to.

Linkshell recruitment. Behest squatters. Instanced raid formations.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

RMT will start hiding their information as well.

[Coglin]

Linkshell recruitment. Behest squatters. Instanced raid formations.

Your kinda slow arn't you?

We are talking about reading the detailed information on the lodestone not being able to view in game......it was clearified mutliple times.

[weeble]

RMT will start hiding their information as well.

this is probably one of the big reasons i can think of, but also maybe he likes logging out during events and logging into his dollar account and doing other stuff like craft or craft bot. or lol have another life ...white collar with a nite life of drag queening. think that only other reason i can think of that has to do with your own linkshell. in other games u just log out, this game you can't or maybe he can't hide that he is like 3people in same linkshell with this. or maybe it makes people wonder if he buys gils since he has no crafts 50 but bought a 20mils item. i dunno's lol

while i think peoples business is there own ...i don't think in a game it really counts as much, i can't think of any good concrete reason to hide it, just shaddy ones. don't think anyone using them to go linching people. for most part being able to hide in mmo's creates more reason for people up to no good to try and get away with them. it's like being able to freely change your name and you go ninja every piece of gear from a hardworking linkshell and then just disappear.

[Coglin]

Actually, my pointing out other posters saying it will lead to suspicion was to support the notion that, well, people will find it suspicious. There are people quite obviously expressing their suspicions in this very thread.

Honestly, I hope not. It would be nice to be able to hide your character details from people who ask to see them and not cause unwanted suspicion and unfair treatment. I don't assume it will lead to this, however I do expect it will.

Like I said in my post a page back that you blew so ever out of proportion, if people want it so badly then fine. I just want to point out the risks associated with it. OP wants to prevent drama. Explicitly hiding stuff about yourself is known to lead to drama.

As for your condescending remarks, they really are quite childish.

You continue to show your prejudgmental attitude in your assumptions of my meaning. Prejudging me as condecending based on what? Because I disagree with your view?

I would prefere to be falsly assumed condescending than to prove myseld prejudious anytime my friend.

[supreme]

i can see wy ppl want to hide there rank from there ls , because THEY ALWAY'S HAVE TO HEAL , to a point that they cant even do dmg even if they want *runs of crying*









ps : just joking

[Coglin]

Aggressive, condescending tone. Check.

Don't lose your cool, friend. Your credibility will suffer.

Never lost my cool my friend. There you go prejudging again.

Prejudice will lose more credability then asssumed condecention......

Good effort though.......

[Charismatic]

Linkshell recruitment. Behest squatters. Instanced raid formations.

None of which requires you to be able to see someone's lodestone profile at all. Ever tried talking to a person? That tends to work!
You may not realize it but MMORPGs with similar features in-game have existed long before online profiles like the one The Lodestone has and you know... people got along without them.
Hell, in plenty of MMOs you can't even see anyone's information at all aside from maybe their gear.

If the person doesn't want you to see anything beyond that you should be able to use your interpersonal skills to get any other information you need as this is a social game... Let's not forget that.
Oh, and if you can't. Maybe they aren't the right person for your linkshell, raid, etc. They may have a perfect lodestone profile but if you can't talk with em at all then would you really want them anyway? Chances are you wouldn't! Hurray for taking two seconds out of your day to talk to someone!

[Kinseykinz]

Linkshell recruitment. Behest squatters. Instanced raid formations.

and the little lalafell, we'll call it 'leve-linking army'... (look one up, history is 'suspect' to say the least)

how 'active' a person actually is... unless you ranked up every class to 50 already, have all crystals, NM's quests done, active players have updates to their lodestone history at least 1-2 times a week.

I don't think lodestone histories are a big deal BUT I can see how it could cause you to get into drama etc.

Some linkshells for instance, don't allow their members to do NM's/raids with others. Well Other's includes non-linkshell friends. What if your first Bartraal kill was with friends and not this Linkshell? Even if you only went with them when your ls wasn't doing anything, some still get their panties in a twist...you get booted, drama insues etc.
...by the way, I'm in NO WAY saying I agree with Linkshells that do this, nor with people who sign up for one with these rules getting upset if they get busted...just something I know has happened to people in my social shell with their 'Event' shells. I was just using it as an example.