Inspecting a Player!

Dirtybyrd

I strongly feel it is time ZOS added inspecting a player to the game. It's not always looked at for gear score we will be able to look at the gear styles and also to see what the gear score is

newtinmpls

Dirtybyrd wrote: »

I strongly feel it is time ZOS added inspecting a player to the game. It's not always looked at for gear score we will be able to look at the gear styles and also to see what the gear score is

Oh dear gods no...as if the random groups weren't toxic enough already....

Sylvermynx

newtinmpls wrote: »

Dirtybyrd wrote: »

I strongly feel it is time ZOS added inspecting a player to the game. It's not always looked at for gear score we will be able to look at the gear styles and also to see what the gear score is

Oh dear gods no...as if the random groups weren't toxic enough already....

Yeah.... it was a disaster when I played WoW and RIFT, and would probably be even worse here.

ArchMikem

Because I would absolutely love dungeon groups to kick me after seeing my Hulking Draugr set.

daemonios

You must be new here The overwhelming majority of players here hate the inspect option with a passion (and rightly so IMHO).

L_Nici

That wouldn't be a good thing. Especially in high level PvP people tend to hide their builds, so they won't get copied. A lot of them are very special setups a normal player wouldn't even think about.

Fur_like_snow

I remember this from Everquest. Love the idea just a shame the Care Bears will cry foul.

xaraan

no, players from other games always show up asking for this feature, it's not something the community at large wants to see
It's annoying enough that eso logs tells people everything.

If you want to know what I'm wearing, ask and maybe I'll tell you.

Gilvoth

daemonios wrote: »

You must be new here The overwhelming majority of players here hate the inspect option with a passion (and rightly so IMHO).

this ^
all truth.

Taunky

I'm all for no, however, if this were to be a thing it would have to be toggle able via settings.

Knightpanther

Dirtybyrd wrote: »

I strongly feel it is time ZOS added inspecting a player to the game. It's not always looked at for gear score we will be able to look at the gear styles and also to see what the gear score is

Not a chance mate.

Be Safe

VaranisArano

No thanks. You can just ask politely. Especially when it comes to cosmetics, most players I've found are flattered to be asked.

As for gear, I once had a player gripe at a healer who was wearing Combat Physician. In a normal dungeon. When the healer was doing just fine. That's something we don't need to encourage in group content.

Dirtybyrd

I feel you all on the subject, And I agree on others misusing the feature to the lvl that WoW players was doing but I would like to see some form of it but if having the baby's start crying I did not think of that one

zvavi

-hides his impen perf yol boots-

Elsonso

Dirtybyrd wrote: »

I strongly feel it is time ZOS added inspecting a player to the game. It's not always looked at for gear score we will be able to look at the gear styles and also to see what the gear score is

Pass, thank you. I will stand in front of you, though, and you can inspect my sexy characters. (edit... or should I say )

Darkenarlol

- average joes hates when their meh gear is revealed

- imba pro pvpers hates when their "secret" gear is revealed

- personally i'll go crazy mod if some brainless fanatic of some YT guru

with almost zero knowleedge of mechanics gonna tell me that my build is bla-bla

just because it is not a copy of their beloved guru's build

- you can paste here any other reason based on "it is not of your business" argument

- you don't need gear inspection to kick the person for their bad performance

static_recharge

No thanks. If you want to know the style or outfit or costume you can ask. We don't need gear score and the toxicity that brings.

zvavi

Darkenarlol wrote: »

- you don't need gear inspection to kick the person for their bad performance

People don't like using the kick option as it is.

Azirius

Please no. Lol. Just leave people alone. If people wanna sort gear out in organised runs, fine, but picking on random people in PUGs will only lead to toxicity, and we really don't need that. Your intentions may be honourable, but someone will be an ass with it.

Starlock

What is "gear score" and why should I care about it?

MartiniDaniels

There is no gear score in ESO and gear used is all the same in organized PVE content.
For PVP this is simply inappropriate, because you can "scan" somebody from stealth and then switch to sets which are direct counter.
Really bad idea.

TX12001rwb17_ESO

It is none of your business what sets my character has equipped.

ArchangelIsraphel

Dirtybyrd

Azirius wrote: »

Please no. Lol. Just leave people alone. If people wanna sort gear out in organised runs, fine, but picking on random people in PUGs will only lead to toxicity, and we really don't need that. Your intentions may be honourable, but someone will be an ass with it.

Agreed there will be one! or some, Somehow I forgot about them

JanTanhide

No thanks. No one needs to know what others are using.

phaneub17_ESO

I don't want random strangers going "Why did you gold upgrade THAT?"

Kadoin

Sorry, my arch-mage and julianos is a trade secret...

Ragged_Claw

No! Mind your own beeswax. I'd be Ok with cosmetics, what skin/tattoo/motif someone was wearing, but in my experience if you whisper and ask nicely, 9 times out of 10 they'll tell you. ESO has always maintained a policy of not sharing that stuff, along with DPS meters etc, to avoid toxicity and it's one thing they've done right in my opinion.

AcadianPaladin

I could care less what others might think of my gear choices but I do prize privacy. An inspect gear option would be about as welcome as asking to someone's skirt to check the color of their panties. Bad idea and an unwelcome intrusion.

Ratzkifal

Asking someone what dye or style they are using is always a nice conversation starter. There is no need for this feature unless maybe for roleplaying opportunities (character bios etc).

Glurin

Starlock wrote: »

What is "gear score" and why should I care about it?

It's an old MMO measurement system for a character's power level almost exclusively governed by the players themselves, whom have made various mods and add-ons to support such measurements. Think of it like this. Set x is worth 50 points. Set y is worth 40 points. Weapon z is worth 70 points. etc. etc. Add up everything they are wearing and that is their gear score.

Players would then set arbitrary limits on joining dungeon groups based on gear score. You had to have a score of 250 or more to join this group or a score of 375 or more to join this raid. The general idea behind it is to create a system that helps ensure that everyone in the group at least has the ability stat wise to complete the content in question.

The problem is that it just doesn't work. Gear score tells you nothing about a player's ability and many try to cheat the system by equipping sets that may not actually benefit them during the check because those sets score higher than sets they can actually use. Highly skilled players may not meet gear score requirements and are rejected while extremely low skilled players are accepted because they've got high gear scores.

Furthermore, the system is extremely easy to abuse and quite frequently is with players setting mandatory gear scores that require end game raid sets to meet for content that is tuned for entry level dungeon delving. Not to mention that the equipment scores themselves can be pretty arbitrary based on what formula the person behind it decides to use. This results in a system where, for example, a FotM set scores much higher than a comparably effective but much less popular set.