117818-turn-friendly-player-nameplates-on-by-default

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I was playing in Ellevar last night with my sister. She is new to the game, whereas I've levelled through Ellevar quite a few times now. We pretty much did the Lopp hub across the river from the town and the Pell village.
 
I was pleasantly surprised to see a number of other players running around in the area as well. I saw settler stations going up, the odd /z chat asking for a group for the Spider Queen and the Shiphand, and it's just nice to see other players in the world with you, that's what MMOs are all about.
 
As we were logging off, I pointed out another player at the costume clone and was talking about how the player had purchased a Deluxe Edition, because they were putting on the Augmented stuff. My sister mentioned that it was a shame that she hadn't really seen any other players around.
 
I was quite surprised by this, and got her to turn on Friendly Player nameplates. Within the next 30 seconds, standing still in Lightsreach, we counted four other players. This was at 23:00 GMT (midnight or later for the rest of Europe). The game has a lot of NPCs that move around, and unless you are attuned to the difference between these NPCs and the way players move, you could be forgiven for not noticing other players while you are concentrating on learning to play the game.
 
I can't see why anyone would want these nameplates off by default. Please turn them on by default, it will help people notice other people in the game!	
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I can't stand having nameplates on because there's simply too many in the capitol city. Plus they are very distracting in raid.
What they should do is make an option so they can be turned off while in Thayd/Illium. That'd be good.	
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+1 for this. The first thing I do when I create a new character is turn on the friendly player nameplates, and constantly having to do so is a bit of a hassle.
 
I will agree with Kurona on the nameplates in Thayd and Illium being a nightmare, though. Can hardly see the NPCs because of it.	
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Huh, I've never played with Nameplates on.  I should go try that haha.
 
New plan for today!	
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			I think having them off adds alot to immersion for a new player	
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			I'm with DaOgre. XD I never play with nameplates on. It results in me getting very good at picking out individual characters by sight. I just dislike the clutter of nameplate UIs!	
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			Back in LotRO, simply press N to switch nameplates on and off. Couldn't be simpler. Why can't we do that here?	
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Does it matter if you can turn them on or off yourself? Of all the things in the whole game to get stuck up on, you pick the one thing you have complete control over.
 
If they were defualt on, people would create a new character then turn them off. Just like now, people create a character then turn them on. 
 
What they should be is account options like keybinds for HUD and interface.	
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Huh, I've never played with Nameplates on.  I should go try that haha.
 
New plan for today!
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Does it matter if you can turn them on or off yourself? Of all the things in the whole game to get stuck up on, you pick the one thing you have complete control over.
 
If they were defualt on, people would create a new character then turn them off. Just like now, people create a character then turn them on. 
 
What they should be is account options like keybinds for HUD and interface.
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