Examines you.

[Zenaku]

Um everyone that has an issue with this know SE is doing a gear score in ARR (or at least I thought they were discussing it)

Wouldn't this bring up the exact same concerns you have about the /examine? (your too gimp, don't want you in group)

i hope gear score does not make it i think that bullshit and unfair. FFXI was great and i did just fine just like any other dps without having best gear i still did about the same or even better dps due to the fact that i don't die doing a high number then have to wait for 5min each time they die i gain more dps overall.

If there going to be a gearscore then so be it but i hope it does not become i can't enter/ do this dungeon without a 1.400 gear score points like wow.

[Nuinn]

Um everyone that has an issue with this know SE is doing a gear score in ARR (or at least I thought they were discussing it)

Wouldn't this bring up the exact same concerns you have about the /examine? (your too gimp, don't want you in group)

Never a concern for me, it's that a text message on either your, your examiner's, or both screens seem to give some people more courage to be jerks toward you At least, that's my experience from XI. . . .

[Morticous]

Personally in FFXI I always found people checking me without asking first as very rude

"Morticous Examines You"

[Kinseykinz]

A couple things,

1. We can already check each other's gear,you just don't know when people are actively checking you out....so basically, all the judgements happen, but they happen without your knowledge.

2. This community 'should' be more understanding as this game encourages wearing 'lesser' gear for material melds. Keep in mind, many people already judge your gear before attempting a raid...but that is for a different are you prepared reason.

Maybe a middle ground approach would be nothing gets entered in the other players chat log when you check them, but instead your character does. 'Admiring' emote automatically when you check someone. This way, the observant player will catch a check, but it might not seem as skeeevy to people who are offended by the text.

[Zehira]

Well, what I did in FFXI...

/examine someone just for curious...

I got /slap...

What did it mean!? o.o

Someone said it's rude to check someone? Yeah, that's right. =/

[Lady]

Well, what I did in FFXI...

/examine someone just for curious...

I got /slap...

What did it mean!? o.o

Someone said it's rude to check someone? Yeah, that's right. =/

See if that happened to me, I would have examined them again. Silly FFXI netiquettes.

[Exn]

I never understand why this was ever an issue for anybody in XI. If you had a problem with the chat dialogue informing you that you've been 'checked out', then filter it out... period. Players will continue to examine you whenever they feel the need or desire, as they should, this is a MMO. As said earlier in the thread, occasionally you may examine someone 3/4 times back to back, not to intentionally annoy them (as if a few lines a dialogue on the chat window should annoy someone in the first place...), but because you may be actively doing other things and never got to finish 'examining' in the first place. Whether or not you see the dialogue, you will still be constantly 'checked out' in any remotely worthwhile MMO.

What actually DID used to annoy me were those players in XI who apparently got so annoyed with being looked at, they actually would setup a macro/bot/something (never fully figured it out cause I guess I didn't care THAT much) that would "blink" them everytime someone attempted to check them out. At first I just thought they were really quick and happened to be idling staring at their character waiting for someone to check them... but later I realized they had to be using something.. You shouldn't be able to all-out block being checked, but they exploited gear swaps in order to do just that. As long as in ARR we can always examine other players, whether or not a dialogue is displayed should be left up to the individual player.

[Zehira]

See if that happened to me, I would have examined them again. Silly FFXI netiquettes.

Lol, when I examined someone, she changed her equipment to stop me from examining so I did it again and again until I tried /em one but she didn't... So I figured out that she is Japanese. o.o

[Pseudopsia]

I usually examine everyone because I like to see if they have something I don't know about that may be better than what I have. If they do have something better I figure out where to get it. It would feel a little silly to ask everyone first for permission when the game feature allows it.

[Reika]

Dont need it with a toggle, dont need it without a toggle.

dont need it.