Why the private profiles?

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I could let friends carry me to the 90s, easy. And any character that can handle mid 70 content can, time willing, hit 100.

I just don't see the point.

Interesting that I'm far more apt to check a person's post history than their character list.


So you are a stalker....
I profile attack people from time to time not going to lie there lol
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Because

You only have lvl 90 char so stfu
you have NO hc char so stfu
you have no race points stfu

Private it is then...
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Easy: i want to buy something and i got fresh exalts. I search the IGN inside the profile for whisp the guy or add him ingame, but ups!, the profile is private. Its a lost sale, ill buy the item from another guy because i dont want to send a PM and wait days (or who knows how many time) for an answer because some ppl just dont want to visit the forum.

And like me, im sure a lot of guys, maybe the greatest part. But NP.
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Last edited by robotamen on Feb 28, 2015, 1:44:19 AM
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Because we have enough bullshit focusing on people's characters levels as it is. Were it not private, it'd be the only thing people talk about, the main judge of character, all puns intended.

It doesn't take much to tell the quality and validity of a person's posts. If they're talking shit, *someone* is bound to call them on it, politely or otherwise.

Mine will never be private because I get the giggles when people try it on me. It's so...cute.


While I do agree that some people go a little bit too far with this, I wouldn't say it is that much of a bullshit.

I've seen many false theories by people who haven't got past level 60. Post content can be well written, have lots of (false) arguments, and overall look convincing, but is might still be wrong.
How can someone, who doesn't know much about the game, validate if it is true, or not? Because honestly, they are the only people who are going to be damaged by those false theories.

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Because

You only have lvl 90 char so stfu
you have NO hc char so stfu
you have no race points stfu

Private it is then...

Well, doesn't really solve much because after you make your profile private you can go:
Oh, you went private. You probably are a noob with Low-level/noHC/Race points.

Point is, if you want to go and debate about how races are (not talking about times and density, but for example item drop rates and in-game mechanics) you better have some points, or else you are going to look funny.

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Metronomy wrote:
I have deleted two level ~90 characters, and I am no good at the end game, yet if I kept them would you think differently? Character level only has a reflection on time played, and they time you spend playing a game doesnt mean that you actually learned something, people put in varying levels of effort and many people like me have bad builds.

As pointed out above by like everyone, character level doesnt give posts validity and low character level doesnt make you wrong.

I agree on all that, but also if you see someone going around with "HC is bullshit and can't be played cuz too much desync/damage spikes/etc." and then you look at their profile and you see 0 achievements, 0 challenges and level 40 character on Standard, you have an easy to of shutting them down, instead of arguing against their flawed logic (ignoring is a good way also, but meh... being ignored is the worst of all :S). There is that psychological effect someone was posting some time ago, that people who lack skills in given category can't measure their skill properly and usual overestimate it. Or something like that. If you have a proof that HC is playable (level 100 HC character, for example), it is enough.

PS. If you have your profile hidden, I'm all cool with that. No kill pls :@
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Last edited by Perq on Feb 28, 2015, 2:11:08 AM
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Last edited by Earthslug on Feb 28, 2015, 2:08:41 AM
Profile stalking again, really?
Also, you can kind of, you know, delete characters. I know people that delete their entire account worth of characters after every league. Does that mean their experience no longer counts because their levels are no longer displayed on their profile? Of course not. The whole idea is absurd.

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