Hide characters

what about hp-challenge characters that need HB from me? They'll be shouting "I NEED HB" and I'll be like WHERE WHERE! and then BAM. tombstone appears on the other side of the map because I can see them once they're dead.

 

why did you toggle off your own party then? nub dk blacklist f3

 

true, being able to change the order in the pt list/hp list would be huge as well (and probably easier to implement?). I was just trying to be funny with my story.

 

Sometimes existence of other players itself irritates you, need their dpm/buffs but nothing more than that. Scary opinion.

 

now now, lets not be too negative; it's true that in some bosses its virtually impossible to see yourself

 

Toggling on and off for other player’s cosmetics and effects would already make a good improvement. Especially in gm events or in super crowded areas with limited space.

 

this feels similar to when during covid NBA finals had audience call in via Zoom lol
attending 20-30man PB while only seeing you and your own party seems kinda sad

maybe if there's a way to make our own characters always be at the forefront of the crowd, could be helpful?

 

Maybe add Buddies and Guild/Alliance members, Spouse, to the list that can be toggled on/off too? If this could happen at all

 

i like this idea but i was told this was hard to implement, for some reason i forget--maybe something about client/server. *shrugs*

 

Seems like a skill issue if somebody is dumb enough to toggle off his own party during a boss fight.

Yeah, it's really tough but not impossible, you're basically deliberately breaking portions of the data that's syncing between a client and the server about other clients' positions/animations/damage lines.

It does seem like a really good thing to intermittently work on, because atleast when it comes to GM events or bossing, it's really hard to find your place in the world lol.

 

i have a slight suspicion that the reason it's not fixed yet is because kimmy doesnt want to make the game too easy. That was the reasoning for not fixing pet auto-pot fails, and I feel like that similar logic could be applied for this too. I'd be happy though if im wrong and this eventually gets implemented

 

Can definitely not do this outside in the grinding maps. People would 100% use this to crash other maps without checking @mapowner. There's a ton of petty people playing, so this would just be another way for them to ruin other peoples fun while grinding. It's happening from time to time even when you can see peoples characters. I can only imagine it getting 10 folds worse if you can have the option to hide other peoples and their effects.

Even if you blacklist people, it won't do this. Apparently only their smegas you can't see.

 

I like the idea of increasing visibility, but I don't think this is the way to do it. If there's a way to do something by playing with layers, or maybe options to hide other players' damage lines/summons or something, then I think that's much better. I think seeing other people is important though for an mmo. Community is a big part of the game and hiding people takes away from that.