ADD GLAMOUR EFFECTS SETTINGS

[Iscah]

I can see many situations where this feature would be very useful, screenshots being a big one. Screenshots and glamour are two huge activities in FFXIV, and why should he not be able to request the ability to take more immersive screenshots?

Gpose now has this great filtering feature that lets you switch off other NPCs altogether if you want to take a screenshot without other people in it.

(And no, before you try to argue it, I don't see that as disrespectful because you're not doing something to how the character is displayed. It's the difference between Photoshopping a random person out of your photograph, and leaving them in but altering their appearance.)

Did you miss the part where this is client side? You think your right to dictate other peoples play experiences extends to their own client? If this were something that meant you couldn't glamour the way you wanted, or somehow impeding you from dressing how you want on your client you would be absolutely right. But this doesn't affect your play experience at all, and you seem really insecure about what is essentially some pixels in someone else's videogame.

I don't see it as "someone else's videogame" though. It's a shared game which we are both playing with our own characters.

"Did you miss the part" where I said it's irrelevant to me whether it's client-side or not, because it's still affecting my character?

I won't "dictate other people's play experiences" as a whole, but this is about having control over my [representation in the game] and how they appear.

Offhand note: You know I can already mess about with your character without your permission using GPose right? And you'll never know if someone is doing just that when you are standing in Eulmore.

And I would consider that rude.

Call me old-fashioned, but when dealing with other people's characters I apply the same social rules would in real life. They're not just "game characters", they're people - each one is being piloted by a real person and acting as their window into the game world.

Respect personal space, look at people when you talk to them, wave to greet or farewell. Thank them when you've played together.

Respecting what they choose to wear is a logical extension of that. People aren't going to dress according to my personal taste in the real world (not that I'd want them to), so why expect them to here?

Am I taking this too seriously? Maybe, but it's how I approach and make sense of this game socially.

I cannot say "it's just a game and the other people's opinions don't matter". It's not how my mind works. To do so would feel wrong - and it's not something I want to train myself to think, because the idea of that is also wrong.

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I think at the core of this, though I hadn't quite placed the logic until now, is that it's about putting yourself first vs others first.

Ignore the third-person framing of "respect their right to not see things they don't like". Phrase both in first person.

"I don't like this costume but I'll ignore it because the other person wants to dress like that and it's none of my business." The other person is considered above your own preferences.

"I don't want to see this, so I should be able to change how your character appears whether you agree to it or not." You are more important and the other person's choice doesn't matter.

Putting yourself first is not respect.