When inspecting another player...

[PArcher]

In dungeons or trials (pf or df) I'll inspect everyone I don't know to get an idea what kind of run we have, or if I have to slow down (I mostly tank stuff, so if I see someone is undergeared I know I have to take it a little slower. Sometimes)

In the overworld...I try not to stare (click on them, examine, quickly target something else or untarget) since it is a bit rude to,especially if I don't know the guy I'm examining. Certain people I will sometimes just target and somewhat afk just to get a reaction :P

[Lunaxia]

I'm usually passing through places, so I'll run by and when I'm at a convenient/ inconspicuous angle, I'll have a peek. If it's a dungeon or trial, I don't bother being discreet - most people seem to outright check out the group they're with anyway. Though if I'm looking at you for a while, it probably means I like your glamour or you're really undergeared and I'm crying

I don't mind people checking my character out for whatever reason, but I lol at how some players don't even try to hide it. I get a lot of people running straight up to me and just staring, though the most common one is when they stand right behind me with their back to my character (but I see their head turn.) I'm guessing it's a camera thing.

[RaquelleAvarosa]

well..

heres me trying to not to look like i have noticed the other catman noticing me...

He's like, "I know you noticed me senpai... I know you did OwO"

But yeah, when I'm inspecting someone I usually run far far away before I click on the person.
There are times when my target was looking at me as well and it gets a little awkward.
And times when I catch someone inspecting me, I blow a kiss at them and they go /blush. Love these moments, so cute!

[WeekendSoja]

Can someone explain this? I've never encountered people averse to being inspected/inspecting other players outside of this game. o.0 Why do people get upset?

In FFXI, when you got inspected you would receive a "{Your name here} has just examined you." In the form of what resembled an emote. For people who did not use voice chat and conversed primarily in text form would get overwhelmed by the chat clutter of shouts, linkshells, tells, and examine messages.

Examine messages obviously being the least useful was annoying. Especially if you get examined multiple times by one person or in quick succession from multiple people.

[Eul]

I love checking people's glamour, and I'm openly to get looked by people around me lol

[Slevin_Impudicus]

It amuses me that some people have a hangup over this. It would never occur to me to be ashamed of inspecting someone else's character, or of being inspected myself. Most, if not all, seem to pick their names and gear for attention, so why would they pretend to be shy about getting inspected?

An inspection notification would be annoying, but only because I hate emote spam (turned off my own, right along with background music, shortly after I started playing).

[DarkSlayerGrimm]

I'm just curious but to the lot of you when you go through this much effort to inspect others gear is it to just look what they have on or is it to actually go ahead and copy their glamour?

I hate haaaaate when people inspect my gear at the beginning of the dungeon or raid,like when you are in the middle of teleporting into a raid just know a miqote is already inspecting your glamour before you even finish making it into the raid

[Gemina]

I don't mind people checking my character out for whatever reason, but I lol at how some players don't even try to hide it. I get a lot of people running straight up to me and just staring, though the most common one is when they stand right behind me with their back to my character (but I see their head turn.) I'm guessing it's a camera thing.

I've had players deliberately lock onto me, and then start running in circles around me, but I assume said person is just being a goon and not even examining me.

I definitely try to be discrete when examining others. Run-bys are typically how I do it. However, if there is a character that I admire the way they look, I don't even examine them. I go right up to them and start letting the camera fly.

When I notice someone examining me, I usually just /smile. If emote exchanges commence, then I will examine them as well usually followed by a /salute