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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7975267" data-attributes="member: 16814">It's the default because the default is "off."  Show name is off, has sight is off, emits light is off, show bar 1 is off, nameplate is off.  The default isn't a gameplay style, it's "option off."Again, if this is an recurring issue, go to the game settings (on the game homepage, before you launch) and configure the default.  You can even propagate the new default through every character/token you've already set up.I'll agree the two switches are frustrating, but there's a number of people who want nameplates for GMs and not players -- especially if you have a limited token library or need to keep track of which duplicate is the real one.  All of the player permissions are on the tab "Advanced" under, oddly, "Player Permissions."  They didn't do a terribly good job of hiding them.Not everyone agrees that "all options on" should be the default.  Some people do weird things like play boardgames on Roll20, and nameplate or sight aren't things that need to be on for that.  The default is that you get to turn on the options you want -- they don't guess for you which those are.It's automatically in the journal if you set someone to edit a sheet.  The other option is for allowing others to view the sheet without control.  My PC's are set to 'in everyone's journal' and only editable by the owner.  This isn't a control issue, it's because accidents happen.Yes, you set the defaults for the entire game from the settings for the entire game.  It's a bit odd, but it makes a kind of sense if you stop to think about it.Your complaints leave off how to address the issue you're complaining about.   Sure, you may know how to work with it, but how would I guess -- you've left that bit off.  I apologize if my trying to assist you in getting better results has interfered with your grousing; certainly, we all need an outlet during this recent unpleasantness.  But, please don't assume I can read your mind.  Frex, your complaint in this immediately preceding post was that Roll20 aims toward a controlling GM style you dislike, but you switched to 'intuitiveness' here, so the nature of your complaints is shifty.  That and the reason for the default is a much simpler and less sinister 'options default to off.'  I recognize you'd like to less work to start with how you'd like the game, but we've already identified a difference between your preferences (nameplates start on) and mine (the start off), so there's not a good default setting.  "Off" is at least value neutral, unless you insist on imputing motives that don't exist.  Heck, the dev staff for Roll20 love to play games that don't have compendiums or character sheets already, so you can't say they have some default GM style they're forcing on you because their styles are all over the place.I'd suggest looking for a non-negative motive before you decide that something you have to turn on is that way because other people are forcing a GMing style upon you or just trying to make things harder.</blockquote>

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