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.