What's the point of masking armory?

[Spacecraft]

I think we should remove masking armory. This is a test. It would give players more ideas about how to equip. It also give new players ideas on how to equip, and what they should be striving for. Just makes the game more open, and adds discussions on why did you equipped your gear that way.

Thanks

[peterthepan3]

I dunno why people do this either, lol. Tends to be a common thing among some of the 'cool kid' players, though

[shaggyboomboom]

l2p and 2cool4u stuff

[Akalukz]

that's unfortunate, was not aware that people could mask their gear from the armory. Even adds a bit of distrust to the game imo. how do you know xxx isn't wearing stuff unavailable to others.

[DokB]

lads I just want to see what alternative appearance item you've got, i couldn't give a rats arse what shitty setup you are running.

That's whats armory is for anyway.

[Lualyrr]

If by "masking the armory" you mean not allowing players to inspect your char ingame- you can go and lookup that character on the website's armory, in case you are THAT curious or can't gear up your char yourself without copying others.
I, personally, spend hours hunting the rare appearance items coz i want my chars to look different and dont want to be copied by scrubs without imagination

[Penril]

I hide myself so people don't send me tells like "ewwww why are you using those talismans?" or "ewwww you should wear X shoulders and Y helmet instead, it makes you moar bestest".

[Daknallbomb]

I hide myself so people don't send me tells like "ewwww why are you using those talismans?" or "ewwww you should wear X shoulders and Y helmet instead, it makes you moar bestest".

Exact that. I Just let ppl See stuff on my dps shammy that they can See that iam no healer. But i Call IT too

[Akalukz]

If by "masking the armory" you mean not allowing players to inspect your char ingame- you can go and lookup that character on the website's armory, in case you are THAT curious or can't gear up your char yourself without copying others.
I, personally, spend hours hunting the rare appearance items coz i want my chars to look different and dont want to be copied by scrubs without imagination

Sorry I thought they meant the website. In game masking has always been around. I see the need for it for just like Penril said.

[RyanMakara]

Initially, I hated the return of the anonymous/hidden flags when they were fixed on RoR. Now, I believe the right to a certain sense of privacy is a good option to have. Only a minority of players use this feature, and if you are truly interested in somebody's gear set-up/appearance, you're free to ask them, and they're free to refuse to tell you.