I’m an extremely private person and really love soloing on any MMO. I run my own guild – but a very small one now. When it was larger and we were running a couple raids every week (quite a bit for a non-raiding guild) it got pretty crazy and I had to retreat to my “secret alt” much more often than I do now. Even so, I’m an officer in a huge organization that’s a coalition of a couple large guilds and tons of tiny guilds, and I still get swamped when I log on my main. Lately I’ve taken to removing myself from the game entirely (needed time away so I wouldn’t be burned out when LK comes out) and playing Lord of the Rings Online. That MMO also has an anonymous “tick box”. You don’t show online to your friends, and you can’t be /who’d or /inspected though you do show up on your guild list.

And yes, that kind of behavior was over the line. Invasion of privacy = epic fail. :( Hope you can reach that same level of enjoyment again, Cassie.

That is completely true, it is very reactive and thus would not prevent you from flying under the radar. If blizzard seriously would sell that “tin hat” for say…$25 even I bet a ton would sell. It would basically just make you invisible to the world unless say…you added that person to your friends list first they could not pst you. Very good idea and I would even consider buying it!

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=6790879801&postId=67901588035&sid=1#0

@ Stupid Mage
Yes, /dnd does still work; sends a msg back to the initiator saying the person does not wish to be disturbed; but does not take you off their radar :(

Does /dnd still work?

I think the /who function is borderline at best, precisely for this reason. I’ve played Puzzle Pirates for a while now (my only long-term MMO, but the principle is the same), and I really can’t think of a good reason for the command at all. If I want to talk to someone, I’ll just /tell them, and go from there. (Like a cold phone call, which can still be annoying, but is much less intrusive.) More and more, the /who feels like a /spy command, and it’s just not necessary. There’s the Armory if someone just has to ogle your gear and build, which is plenty intrusive enough, thanks. Live intrusions just aren’t worth the trouble of enabling griefers, stalkers, or even just blundering brain dead idiots like the BBBs have dealt with here.

I have friends in a different guild and when I see them in XX instance I check to see if they’re running with guildies. Just in case they are running short, I can offer help. When I saw them in Mags, I thought “Cool! they’re raiding!” It never really occurred to me that they might see this as an invasion of privacy.

I want to cheer them on, not make them think they are fish.

Thanks for poking me in the ass.

Maybe write a short message on your forums to please leave you alone when not on your mains unless there is an emergency?