Appear Offline within WoW

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giggity

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Yeah, I think people who go, “just say you don’t want to play” don’t deal with this. For me, it’s M+ with my brother and friends because I’m the only healer. After working full-time and doing school full-time, sometimes I just want to log on and let my brain melt at the Darkmoon Faire.

Usually, me saying no is enough. But the point is, I don’t want the conversation to come up to begin with.

Also, one factor I think people don’t realize is the way rejection works. If friend A says they don’t want to hang out about half the time, but friend B says yes all the time, as human beings we will naturally invite friend A out less over time and may just prefer friend B. Not everyone does this, but I would argue most people do.

The great thing about Appear Offline is that you never have to appear as friend A - if you’re appearing online, you want to play, and you’ll maintain your relationships.

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I agree! Because I am a frequent visitor od Goldshire and I dont want any judgment! :smiley:

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if i spent time in goldshire i’d just own it. but then again i’m all about that bloodninja life.

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I deleted all my friends from battlenet. They can text me if they want to group up.

95% of my playtime is to relax, like an active meditation. The fourteen “can you heal a dungeon for me” requests per day were not worth my time.

My friends think I’m crazy, and I am. But I enjoy my game time SO MUCH MORE being anonymously online.

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Block them

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Yeah if your boss also plays the game and for some reason knows your character names or has you on their friend’s list and they see you playing at odd hours it can get awkward fast. Some bosses are completely cool with it long as you don’t slack at work but then there are some who really shouldn’t be told or allowed to learn your character names or added as a friend. Still sounds fairly reasonable to allow people to hide their online status while in game though, people don’t need to know everything you’re doing and when after all and if they say they do that kinda comes off as stalker like which is beyond creepy

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People playing video games on their employer’s dime deserve to be fired.