I would love to be able to inspect other players, simply because 90% of them just ignore me when I send them a "Hi, sorry for bothering you but could you please tell me which style is your armor?". I felt so lucky when after trying about twenty times, somebody finally took the time to answer me...

So, being able to inspect others? Definitely yes. However, I think it should be limited to appearance related information and have nothing to do with gear performance to avoid the absolutely ridiculous situations we had in many MMO because of that tool (the Lich King expansion on WoW showed us how stupid a community can get with a tool like this). They'll probably never make an inspection tool just for that though. Hopefully, the next persons I'll ask about their armors will be a little more cooperative

I haven't read OP's post nor any of the comments here. Just by title I am saying that inspect, group damage meter and ranking system in BGs are the features I am currently missing the most.

dustin17m wrote: »

We need to be able to inspect each others gear. This creates elitism. Some want the element of elitism and some do not. To prove my point that it is beneficial to the game, just look at the social class system. We have poor people, middle class people, and rich people. By having this class structure, we strive to better ourselves. We have no way of knowing if we are keeping up with the joneses by keeping gear private. If people enjoy being poor then that is their prerogative and they can mingle within their class. In conclusion, Elitism spawns from the ability to inspect players gear. Elitism is a mechanic that is desperately needed in this game even more so than an auction house.

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No. Absolutely not. Dungeon groups are picky enough as it is, I don't want to spend 15 minutes arguing everytime i run vets with some elitist snob who demands to know why I run Mother's Sorrow instead of Scathing or Defiler instead of TFS, only to get kicked anyway. For the love of all that is holy, NEVER let this be a thing in ESO. Somebody asking what gear I'm running is already a red flag. Giving him the power to check without having to ask is the end of group finder.

Jamascus wrote: »

They can add the ability to inspect other people's gear along with a setting to make yourself uninspectable (that's a word, really)

Sooo, a bragging rights setting then? Only reason to have that on is to let everybody know how awesome your stuff is.

dustin17m wrote: »

We need to be able to inspect each others gear. This creates elitism. Some want the element of elitism and some do not. To prove my point that it is beneficial to the game, just look at the social class system. We have poor people, middle class people, and rich people. By having this class structure, we strive to better ourselves. We have no way of knowing if we are keeping up with the joneses by keeping gear private. If people enjoy being poor then that is their prerogative and they can mingle within their class. In conclusion, Elitism spawns from the ability to inspect players gear. Elitism is a mechanic that is desperately needed in this game even more so than an auction house.

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No.

People use "elitism" to marginalize and exclude others; the really *** "elites" don't want to deign to speak to anyone lower cp/level than themselves as it is. New players who want to "strive to improve" get kicked from groups and shut down by many elites because they aren't good/don't have cp 9000 billion or whatever. Some of the elites don't want to allow people to "strive to be better". Apparently the *** faction of the "elites" were born with the innate knowledge of all the mechanics of ESO, never had to learn by experiencing the content, and so don't want to bother with the lesser mortals who actually need to run the content to "git gud".

Your "idea" also ignores the players who play to enjoy the game, because they've played the single player games before, and aren't rabidly competitive. You have so many cp points the computer can't register the numbers? Good for you. You have teh bestest golded gear with the perfect traits for this month? Congratulations. You can wipe out two dozen opponents in less than 10 seconds? Great. Earth shattering revelation incoming for you; I don't care. Yes, if I bothered with pvp you could kill my character by blinking at them. You run trials solo and make perfect scores. And so what? I don't want to be like you. Especially with the attitude you have about "elitism".

On the rare occasions I do see someone that has great looking gear and I'd like to know what it is, I whisper them. I've never had someone I asked about their gear/what color they used to dye it not bother to answer. The only time I bother to ask what level someone is, is if I'm making them a set of gear. Other than that, it doesn't matter. I'm playing to enjoy the game and have fun. I take it for granted someone else is playing for much the same reasons. [sadly mistaken in some cases if people are that competitive, but then they'll never be able to enjoy the game; the constant grind to remain teh uberest bestest evah will never end]

tommalmm wrote: »

redshirt_49 wrote: »

Most of your DPS comes from your set of skills and spent CPs. Depending on your setup maybe your gear traits. Set bonuses give you a boost towards what your build is centered around. Somebody without 200+ CPs is not going to pull more than 10k DPS. No matter what his gear is, or his skills or whatever. I know this because I actually tried it out on an alt account @ CP180 and was unable to exceed 10k with the same gear and skills I use on my main. Difference of 20-30k DPS that comes purely from your available CPs.

Ummm... No?

I mean, it has a big impact, but not THAT huge. I've started recently on PS4 (so not only a new account, but also completely different controls, etc. - I'm playing mostly on PC) and with no CP it might really be hard to break 15k (not impossible, just harder than I thought), but someone having issues at 160cp+ breaking 10k is clearly doing something wrong (if you said 25k I might believe you, as at 180cp this might be hard, but not 10k!).

Assuming they're using at least purple quality, with best traits, that number cannot be broken, I guarantee you. It's a math thing. I didn't believe it either, which is why I tested. Even if they were using gold quality, BiS stuff the highest you can go will be 15k. Your CPs matter A LOT more than you think they do, especially thaum.

asuzab16_ESO wrote: »

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

Otherwise: A S K You have chat in the lower left hand corner - use it.

• If you're too lazy or stupid to ask an individual what gear they are wearing, you're probably not worth running with.
• If you're not content to accept the set answer to the above, you're probably not worth running with. No quality requirements, no full linked pieces, none of that crap.

Like I was saying a few comments earlier, the lazy one is usually not the player asking but the ones being asked. I used the chat dozens of times to ask people what they were wearing and so far, only one person answered me. I guess most of them were too lazy (I won't call them stupid) and every single time, I ended up going on ESO Fashion to have my answer.

Well if you are on pc/na and you asked, for example 100 people then: 50 don't speak English very well, 25 are afk or in a very fast guild chat, 10 are snobs, 10 are roleplayers, and 5 are rather chuffed that you think they look cool. So it's really luck of the draw. If someone asks me I always answer and though I'm kinda shy, I'll still send a "your character looks badass!" whisper in passing.

asuzab16_ESO wrote: »

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

Otherwise: A S K You have chat in the lower left hand corner - use it.

• If you're too lazy or stupid to ask an individual what gear they are wearing, you're probably not worth running with.
• If you're not content to accept the set answer to the above, you're probably not worth running with. No quality requirements, no full linked pieces, none of that crap.

Like I was saying a few comments earlier, the lazy one is usually not the player asking but the ones being asked. I used the chat dozens of times to ask people what they were wearing and so far, only one person answered me. I guess most of them were too lazy (I won't call them stupid) and every single time, I ended up going on ESO Fashion to have my answer.

@asuzab16_ESO , as the first part of my reply indicated, if it's for terms of visual style, by all means, enable it.

That's usually not why someone is interested in doing a 'gear check' on another person, though.

Also, bear in mind, if someone does not have certain addons, they may truly not remember the style they are wearing, or they assume you are interested in the sets and stats, not the style.

I use the terminology I use, because some want the answer without ever posting the question. In such cases, I stand by my statement that one of the two circumstances probably applies.

I'm actually in favor of it, especially in PvP. Sometimes I get nuked and am curious as to the load out that's helping enable this, and I'd love to see. I've asked before and sometimes I get a reply, sometimes not.

Personally I'm always happy to answer questions on what I wear (healer) but I know folks aren't always comfortable asking, so I'd be happy for them to be able to see. A toggle function sounds like a great solution

Yeah , there aren't enough d-bags in this mmo yet.

LOL NO. It's bad enough being kicked from random normals for being sub-CP500. Gear inspection will result in people getting kicked for not having gold BIS meta gear.