Character Gaze Only Showing for User

[Fensfield]

Last night, some friends and I discovered something a bit strange about the way FFXIV has your character gaze at their target: your character will gaze at both highlighted and targeted entities, however other players will only see them gazing at another entity if it is actually targeted, and not simply highlighted.

This is a somewhat confusing discrepancy - largely because it leads player to believe others can see 'where they are looking' based on where their character is shown looking on their screen, but unless they actually have something properly targeted, others simply see them gazing vacantly into space.

Obviously this is less of an issue for those who use the mouse for targeting since that skips the highlight stage, however the clash in what the client is showing the player, and what other players are actually perceiving, occurs constantly both using a gamepad or the keyboard for targeting.

Time: 12:35am (GMT) 26/09/2013
Frequency: Always
World name: Balmung
Character name: T'aemi Kesrin
NPC name: None
Monster name: None
Class/Level: Gladiator/36
Party or solo: Solo
In-game time: 15:00
Area and coordinates: North Shroud (23x 24y)
Steps:
1. Highlight character but do not target
2. Confirm character's direction of gaze is not being shown on other players' screens, despite showing on own player's
3. Target highlighted character properly
4. Confirm other players can now see where player's character is looking.

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Gamepad Manufacturer: Speedlink
Gamepad Model Name: Strike-FX Wireless Gamepad
Gamepad Part Number: SL-4443-SBK-01-V2

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[Xetyline]

Greetings Fensfield,

Thank you for posting your concerns about highlighting versus targeting on the PS3. I have made sure to submit all of your information to the development team and they will thoroughly investigate this matter, based on your report. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee that a direct response will be posted on this thread, but I do recommend checking Here or Here for any details regarding the development team's investigation. Thanks again for your report!

Regards,
Xetyline