can a character hide their profile on ffxiv site?

[KoroushSensei]

i encountered a tank who couldnt be killed in pvp. i tried searching the name but no character shows up. I think this person may be a cheater

[Renalt]

Been ages since I've PvPed but aren't PLDs ridiculously hard to kill because their LB is straight up "Yo I can't die" and it recharges faster than it should?

[KoroushSensei]

wasnt a pld and didnt have lb up. i want to know can people hide their profiles on ffxiv site?

[AnnRam]

No.

You can track people even if they change their names

[Larirawiel]

No.

You can track people even if they change their names

But AFAIR only if you have a direct link to the profile.



Cheers

[Ivtrix]

if you type their name and follow it up with "ffxiv lodestone" generally the player pops up

[Vidu]

If you're logged into the Lodestone yourself and search for a character by just using the little search field, the lodestone will only search for characters on your own world - if said tank was from a different world, they wont show up. You'll have to adjust the filters to search on all worlds (or a different, specific one if you happen to remember what world that tank was from).

You can set your lodestone-profile to "more private", aka displaying less information about your character on it for everyone to see, but your character will always show up.

[KoroushSensei]

They are on same world. Nothing at all shows up. Nothing

[Equitable_Remedy]

They are on same world. Nothing at all shows up. Nothing

The most likely explanation is that this PC was a ghost.

It's very clearly a Sixth Sense situation.

[NekoMataMata]

Sadly no. This could mean that they've been banned maybe? It could also mean that they've changed their name, although if you have a way of getting the old link to their lodestone profile then you can still find their profile under their new name if they did change it.