SOME people, some.
For the last time: People buy skins for a variety of reasons, and it depends on the person.
To see them on themselves, to have other people see them, to match up with friends/parties/teams, to simply support a game even if they don't care about the skin itself, potentially a few other reasons, and any combination of the above.
Speak for others about that again, and it will be ignored.
Now this is a far question.
It ties into various systems like the frames, that you mentioned, potential social systems, and other potential outside of the frame activities. All I can say on that right now is that we have heard the concerns for this and we are pondering on ways that we may be able to help.
Let me clarify that into the proper question. Youre asking-
"What happens if Rockstar decided to add a series of toggles to allow people to choose what customizations they see on other people in GTA-5?, even though the big difference there is that is an existing game, in an existing series, that has been out for years without those toggles."
So what is the answer?
Neither you nor I can claim to know the answer to that.
No, that's not what you have been saying at all, it's reasoning that you are now misapplying to a
different situation, for a different system, aimed at a different outcome, for a different purpose.
In their system, where it makes your outfit into the default version, isn't a CHOICE for what OTHER PEOPLE see, it's literally changing YOUR OUTFIT, on what YOU, the BUYER, can see.
That said, it makes sense to have a system like that for performance, and I applaud them for understanding and speaking about it publicly.
I speak for others because I'm not alone in my thought process... You have 30k members here, some of which will surely agree with the removal of this button for the very same reason, devaluation.
You've heard it here, you've heard it on Discord, you've heard it in the past long before I spoke up about it... Apparently it was enough to give the devs of Em8er split thoughts, and you guys had to toss a coin.
Historically, there have been multiple games where people got themselves banned for criticizing aspects of games they like, I did so myself not too long ago to League of Maidens, where I told them their Main Menu looks like a mobile game with lucky wheels and gambling currencies filled with P2W... They banned me for that criticism, even tho I defended them against the claims of bitcoin mining. Which also got many others banned for being negative about.
So, it's also safe to assume that some people don't dare speaking their mind, cuz any dev can boot anyone as they see fit for reasons unknown.... I am not afraid to speak my mind, and I will continue to do so when I feel money is being tampered with in bad ways, such as devaluation, or P2W.
That's nice, but ponder in a way that doesn't affect what people pay for.
The fact is, that Rockstar can add this button any day they want, just like any other developer can. But they haven't, and they won't. I can't say for certain, but I'm 99% sure that nobody else have added this button for the exact same reason as described by both me, and Steven Sharif.
The reason why this haven't been a topic in other games is because no other game has added it. They have buttons to hide their own gear but not hide what others are wearing.
Ashes of Creation has opted for performance, where if you want, the engine can turn off customizations if performance is considered low by the engine, to increase framerate in 100v100 areas for example. But as clearly stated, it only ever turns off customizations in favor of performance, NOT for the same reason Crixa wants it to be which is to allow anyone to turn off what everyone has dedicated their time and money on.
Personal customizations can be turned off, just like in many other games in the past.
In Ashes of Creation, YOU are in charge of what you and others view you as, as should be.
If I spend an hour to fix my hair for a late night party, I want everyone to see what I've done to my hair. Giving the rest the option to delete my hair from their sight makes my effort of time and money into products a complete waste.
Same reason why you buy alt-skins in Planetside 2 where you barely get to see what you're wearing yourself... You buy it for others to see, because YOU want to look badass to OTHERS.
Also, what's funny is that you're requesting more people to speak up against this to take action, regardless of how badly I'm stomping on your reasons to justify the existence of this button... Because you know more people won't, since you know both forum and DIscord is pretty much dead.
No matter how logical my reasons are, no matter how clear the reasons are to NOT add this button, you opt for more voices from a silent majority. I think that's unfair.
Where is the old discussions? How many people did it take for you to add it, and what were the arguments FOR this button? ...Whatever it was, I'm sure I have already disproven them, debunked, and provided greater reasons to NOT add it... But it's all ignored in favor for the silent voices requested.
I'm gonna get my Succubus skin if it drops just in case you guys come to your senses, then I'm out. If you're gonna be banning people for modding and 3rd party skin injections in the future, you may as well just ban me already because I will not support a game with this feature. I paid for the game, so if I'm not banned, I'll be playing like anyone else but at my own terms, namely by custom injections. Maybe I'll even learn to design my own skins.
I have lived without MMOs for a decade tho, and I can continue to do so without Em8er if I'm banned.