In the last Q&A session, they said they would like to add it if "they had infinite resources", but at the moment "it's not on the radar".
So, as there are no plans for it, it won't be coming anytime soon.

Anyone can view the armor of everyone just by looking at it.

If the need to know what kind a particular piece is arises, one could always ask nicely. Social interaction is not a new concept in MMOs, despite claims to the contrary. ^_^

Character inspection and all it entails can and will have detrimental effects on said social interactions, as @Akiainavas‌ has already stated. Most people who are opposed to it have seen the negative effects firsthand. We see them in other games and might have learned to put up with them there; we just don't want this game to become like those, too.

I support this.

If not being selected by an "elitist" group is your reason for saying no.. Then that is just awful. Not sure about you, but if I must prove myself based off the gear I use. Then to be recruited for said group is not something I would be interested in. Simple as that.

There are 3 reasons why inspecting people could be implemented :

- 1°) For looks : what is this look ? where is it from ?
- 2°) For gear check : does he have purple gear ? green ?
- 3°) Curiosity : this guy is using this set and this weapon. Why ? it seems interesting. Why shouldn't I use it ?

All 3 reasons are valid.

To the people saying they might get discriminated because they use this and that. I say : well - that might only happen for difficult instances (raids...) and in pugs groups so. I would suggest you find a guild where other people think like you do and everything will be fine.

fromtesonlineb16_ESO wrote: »

Arthur_Spoonfondle wrote: »

No, it adds nothing useful to the game, just causes the problems already pointed out by others above.

The last thing any right thinking person wants to see is for ESO to gradually turn into a WoW clone. Being able to inspect would be a step into that abyss.

WOW wasn't the first game with this feature you know, why mention it?

I guess, your knowledge of MMOs is limited and don't know what existed before 2004.

UO, DAOC, SWG and EVE never had that "elitism", and all these games came years before WoW.

DAOC got that as side effect "elitism" years after WoW. The rest never.
The only issue of DAOC was to get a pvp grp with a Champion, until 2006.

Jordon987 wrote: »

Kos wrote: »

If you think it's ok to do a gear check why don't you go in public and start checking random people. There needs to be some privacy.

Did you read my Original post?

"The player can decide whether they would like to share their armour and weapons by enabling it within the settings menu."

Sorry I missed it, but I wasn't very serious anyway Now I agree with the option to have it, if the player could decide to disclose it.

Sotha_Sil wrote: »

There are 3 reasons why inspecting people could be implemented :

- 1°) For looks : what is this look ? where is it from ?
- 2°) For gear check : does he have purple gear ? green ?
- 3°) Curiosity : this guy is using this set and this weapon. Why ? it seems interesting. Why shouldn't I use it ?

All 3 reasons are valid.

The 3 reasons you've stated can all be solved perfectly by just asking the person in question. Asking in the case of No. 1) and 3) would even profit you or both more, because of the interactive information exchange; just seeing an item in an UI window doesn't necessarily tell you where it comes from, and asking someone why s/he chose a particular piece is certainly more educational.

As for No. 2): even if there could be a valid, situational reason for you to know about another player's gear and/or its quality, it would just be plain rude to exclude them from any activity for this reason alone. Your suggestion that people who fear discrimination can go and find others who accept them (implying that you won't) expresses an elitist, excluding attitude. Of course, no one can and will force you to play together with absolutely anyone, but to rule out the very possibility a priori based on a gear check fosters just the kind of community a lot of people don't want to see come to pass here.

I would like to see what it is i dont want to see colour or enchant.
I dont want WoW Gearscore here

Jordon987 wrote: »

Hello fellow players,
The player can decide whether they would like to share their armour and weapons by enabling it within the settings menu.


Many thanks,

Jordon

With this I don't mind, have read too much whining about gear checks on forums, the games I played and seen ppl get kicked out of groups because of gear checks.

The need for inspection is based simply on the answer to this question: Is ESO more a game of skill or a game of gear?

If it is a game of gear, like my WOW experience, where the gear does the heavy lifting and if I get behind in my gear my survivability and DPS are significantly lower compared to everyone else, then yeah, gear inspection is a must. I not only need to know how my gear stands against everyone else, but they need to know how I stand compared to them.

If it is a game of player skill, where the gear supplements the way that points were allocated and survivability and DPS depend on skill point allocation and what is placed on the action bar, then gear inspection is rather pointless.

Jordon987 wrote: »

Hello fellow players,

My suggesting is when you want to interact with a player you bring up a menu which has all the options (Add friend, Report player etc.)

Why not add another option "Inspect player" This would allow you to view what armour and weapons they have equipped, The player can decide whether they would like to share their armour and weapons by enabling it within the settings menu.

I think this would make the game a teeny tiny bit more interesting and also allow us to view their armour.

Many thanks,

Jordon

No... just No and No again !
My reason for that is that it causes to many issues, the main one being elitism. You simply have too many people stroking their epeens, refusing to let people into groups if they can't inspect etc.
Half of these idiots don't even realise that just having good gear doesn't make somebody a good player. I'd rather group with somebody in average gear who knows how to behave in a group and how to fulfil his role in a dungeon/raid !

"Inspect gear"? Just elitism gone mad for those with epeens bigger than their IQs. Nah... no thanks

:O

It's bad enough players are requiring others to post their achievements or stating they can't be a specific class in order to join their group. We don't need to add gear standards to the list.

TequilaFire wrote: »

I don't need anyone to know I am not wearing underwear!

Oh great, has anyone got any mental bleach?, I have an image I want to get rid of!