Do we need 'inspection' option in interaction menu ?

FatFred · December 2018

Sometimes inspecting other player's gears was fun and satisfies my curiosity

also you could learn from experienced players ,see what gears setups they choose.

Claudman · December 2018

Nope.

That breaks privacy and is a bit cheaty for duels/tournaments.

Katahdin · December 2018

No

If you want to know what someone is using, ask them. If they are willing to tell you, they will

Enemy-of-Coldharbour · December 2018

redspecter23 · December 2018

We don't need an inspection option, but perhaps an ingame way to quickly show your gear loadout to other players would be nice. I suppose you can just list the 3 sets you're using, and link 3 of the pieces, but a one click option could be useful.

AlienatedGoat · December 2018

If you want me to make fun of your mismatched traits and broken armor, sure.

Abigail · December 2018

Aside from reasons already given, it would just become a tool for booting players out of groups.

AlienatedGoat · December 2018

Abigail wrote: »

Aside from reasons already given, it would just become a tool for booting players out of groups.

Yup, the meta is toxic enough. Last thing we need is people getting kicked because they're wearing the wrong set.

God forbid we don't get that last 2% leaderboard DPS in Blessed Crucible. Whatever will we do?

Acrolas · December 2018

No to exact gear.

I'm not sure if a collectibles identifier for stuff like motifs and costumes would be all that helpful when there are already other resources both in and outside the game for those types of items.

xaraan · December 2018

FatFred wrote: »

Sometimes inspecting other player's gears was fun and satisfies my curiosity
also you could learn from experienced players ,see what gears setups they choose.

No. It's none of your business what I'm wearing or how I'm set up.

You can ask and I can decide if I want to answer - that should be the end of it.

edit: I also hate the whole lootspy crap. It's built into one of the mods I have and I don't activate it - I ask the group if they got something they would be willing to share and if they don't, then that's it. Just had a fight with another DPS in our guild the other day that spied I got a chestpiece they wanted when I was going to use it on my DPS (was currently tanking for the run) and they have had an attitude for a week and have gone out of their way to never share any other gear with me I've asked for that they offered to the group.

You are not entitled to anything from anyone else. Not gear. Not knowledge. You can ask and should be able to live with a negative answer.

Xerikten · December 2018

only if i can block it

Sheezabeast · December 2018

Some people crit their pants over people seeing loot drops through addons, this would be even more invasive. For cosmetics/styles/names of costumes, sure, but actual gear, nah.

AlienatedGoat · December 2018

Xerikten wrote: »

only if i can block it

But can you block these mudballs?

therift · December 2018

We don't want cheats in PvP.

rumple9 · December 2018

No. It was a real pain in Lotro

starkerealm · December 2018

The last thing we need are more half-brained elitists, who are kicking competent players from the group, because they're not running a mangled Alcast build that will never work.

Merlin13KAGL · December 2018

So gear magically (or stamically?) makes you good now?

I'm far more interested in what a player can do, not so much about restrictions in the gear they use to do it.

Facefister · December 2018

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

So gear magically (or stamically?) makes you good now?

I'm far more interested in what a player can do, not so much about restrictions in the gear they use to do it.

In other MMOs yes but not on this one. Quite the delusion though, since 15k dps people spam nCR runs like mad.

max_only · December 2018

Omg noob you aren’t wearing Briarheart, Hundings and Storm Fist??? Lol dude the almighty website of builds has BH and Hundies for every stam dps class lolololol

Yeah... no.

edited to get it juuuuust right.

Facefister · December 2018

max_only wrote: »

Omg noob you aren’t wearing Briarheart and Hundings???? Lol dude the almighty website of builds has BH and Hundies for every stam dps class lolololol

Yeah... no.

Meta is poison. Sure Meta brings the most on the table but the 2nd, 3rd or 4th option isn't really that far behind.

coop500 · December 2018

Yeah no... I like using unique builds and often times they work because I KNOW how to play my builds, not some cookie cutter build from the internet that I don't know how to play.

max_only · December 2018

Facefister wrote: »

max_only wrote: »

Omg noob you aren’t wearing Briarheart and Hundings???? Lol dude the almighty website of builds has BH and Hundies for every stam dps class lolololol

Yeah... no.

Meta is poison. Sure Meta brings the most on the table but the 2nd, 3rd or 4th option isn't really that far behind.

I agree. It’s like Slimecraw, Sellistrix, Kraghs, Toothrow, Night Terror and Vipers don’t even exist.

If it’s not for trials.... who cares what gear another person is wearing. And if it is for trials people usually ask to make sure they aren’t doubling up on sets unnecessarily (no double Ebon for example).

Sorry OP, back to the drawing board for that idea.

Hoolielulu · December 2018

rexagamemnon · December 2018

people undressing me with their eyes, wanting to see whats under the surface.... i thought this would be a terrible idea for the game but then i realized this happens to me all the time with the ladies so, how bad could it be?

WrathOfInnos · December 2018

When I saw this thread I didn’t think I cared. Now all the negative responses are making me really curious what gear people are wearing that is such a big secret.

Hoolielulu · December 2018

WrathOfInnos wrote: »

When I saw this thread I didn’t think I cared. Now all the negative responses are making me really curious what gear people are wearing that is such a big secret.

Speaking for myself it's not about secrets. It's about avoiding being silently judged - and possibly rejected - on a build that works for me.

zaria · December 2018

Claudman wrote: »

Nope.
That breaks privacy and is a bit cheaty for duels/tournaments.

This, its already plenty of elitism.

One related question, some saw that my tank was using the crown 3 stat potions. Yes they work well enough outside of harder stuff. But how did he know.
On the imperfect in CWC it was two players trying to kill it then I enter, one said nice an healer. How did they know,
I was on destro staff, healing was asylum so you could guess that, outfit so hard to guess gear. Khajiit magic build so makes more sense for healer. And yes obvious response was an heal

Dojohoda · December 2018

I'm thinking the training gear and low level weapons on my vet toon on my other account with low CP would not pass muster.

therift · December 2018

WrathOfInnos wrote: »

When I saw this thread I didn’t think I cared. Now all the negative responses are making me really curious what gear people are wearing that is such a big secret.

Fair question:

1) In PvP, knowing what players habitually run provides an advantage

2) In PvE, I don't want people telling me what to wear. I perform; that's all they need to know.

3) In general, it's nosy... like peeping in my windows to see my personal stuff. Get lost.

GWINDHA1R · December 2018

Aye! It really was a pain in Lotro

rumple9 wrote: »

No. It was a real pain in Lotro

umagon · December 2018

Inspection for armor styles would be ok but not actual gear. I have seen real horror shows when it came to inspection and players making mod/addons. In one game I played in the past someone made a mod that could inspect everyone within inspection range, take that information and place it on a third-party website. And because the game allowed for logging the combat of every player around the person doing the logging; they made entire player profiles. So, if you tried joining a group the group leader would just pull the data off the website with the mod and auto kick people who would didn’t have the “approved” items equipped and/or didn’t have the dps score they wanted.