I think it says more about you than her.
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busy & dnd are the same functions essentially
Hiding from other players in a MMO? really?
/dnd is about the closest thing you will find.
I, too, would like to know if there is a privacy mode, but one that stops me from seeing and being able to interact with anybody.
THanks!
Thank you for those who understand the nature of the question. I believe the question was quite reasonable.
There are many games and programs, such as Runescape, Discord and even FB (not a comprehensive list, just a small variety to illustrate what I’m talking about), that allow the level of privacy I’m talking about: i.e. features that allow you to keep your online status private from people who you haven’t accepted a friend request from, and also a feature to appear “offline” to your friends.
The reason I ask, and I really shouldn’t have to say this on a simple question like this that got so massively and appallingly derailed, is because I, and many other players, sometimes like to play for a bit without being talked to by friends or other players.
I wasn’t aware there was a Do Not Disturb feature, which is part of why I asked this question, so I could find out about things like this, but instead a number of posters decided to demoralize me and state really baffling things (such as wanting to create a VIP space for my friends and I, and assume I must be “antagonizing” players in-game because why else would anyone want to be left alone? sound logic there) and generate a lot of unnecessary and frankly stupid drama.
I came in here looking for an answer to a simple question, and a number of people, for whatever reason, decided to take it out on me personally, and that is beyond shameful. It was a simple question that did not require the level of drama or vitriol that it received, which completely derailed the thread, and while those of you who engaged in this may think it’s okay because you’re on an online video-game forum, it really isn’t, and telling someone to “get over it” or to “log off” isn’t a solution because they have a right to be there and you really, really don’t have a right to whittle them down.
Now, I’m done with this thread and the drama, and I’ll not be worrying about future posts. The question has been answered and I’m moving on. Enjoy playing the game.
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The closest thing to a privacy mode that I can think of is playing with your battle.net set to “offline.” Anyone can see your character online who is in game, but it would prevent any others from having this awareness!
Its not about bnet comm but in game whispers. Actually I forgot about Dnd mode or I would have suggested it. The only drawback is it doesnt differentiate friends from strangers. There are also addons but I personally havent used them.
Again, you requested a way to ‘hide from players who are not on your friends list’ in an MMO built around being part of a community.
WoW Classic does not offer ‘single player’ or ‘friends only’ options. That is not in the spirit of the game.
/dnd will disable all chat whisper functions, with an auto reply.
There is an ‘appear offline’ mode built into your Battle Net, but does not allow for selecting what friends can see what.
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You can only hide from players on your friends list. You can’t hide from strangers or your guild.
Oh y’all buzz off with the “it’s an mmo” crap. It’s just a question. Sometimes people like to just be left alone. You do realize that in this mmo you can solo level, farm, do professions, etc, right? It’s not like WoW has ever been a hardcore social game.
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this is also what i was trying to convey, and i hope blizzard never changes their stance on it, either.
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If you insist on being a snowflake just /dnd and have your friends use real id to whisper you.
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Hmm, not really so they cannot whisper you, however, if you only want to see messages from people who are your friends, for example, and nobody else, the way I could think of to accomplish this is:
Create a guild, invite all your friends to your guild. Create a chat tab, and in the chat tab settings, only check the boxes for guild chat, not whispers, etc.
Open this tab. That way, you will only see messages from guildies. If all your friends are guildies, and all your guildies are friends, then you will only see messages from friends.
I have some different tabs set up for different situations, like party only, raid only, guild only, etc. You can add or remove whispers, system messages (friend/guild member has logged on/off, etc.) type stuff.
Does it differentiate between character whispers and bnet whispers? If it does that’s another potential solution.
Edit: They’re colored differently, so I could see them being separate.
The hostility the OP received here in like the first 20 responses is absolutely astonishing to me. Like I can understand ridiculing somebody for saying stupid stuff. But this was an honest to earth question that got snide remarks for absolutely no reason other than you guys being dicks. Sorry OP. Wish everybody else had common sense.
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It is absolutely your right to think what you want. She expressed a desire for something based on an experience in one game and got extremely irate when people expressed countering viewpoints. I am glad you feel this is more about me than her.
I disagree however and think that maybe you should try rereading her responses as she went hyper angry almost immediately when people told her no.
TL;DR you can have your opinion but you arent correct. Sorry to break it to you.
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If the person is within mouse reach.
Make a macro
/ignore %F
Only one line and name and save drag to your bar.
To use the
/who
Then manually put each name on ignore list.
ALT and the key Z will hide the UI.
There maybe a Addon that will pull all,but your friends.
I tab out of /1 to my " what happened to me" it is the right ui chat icon on top, one over.
/DND
I don’t know why people insist on NOT fully reading the OP, commenting and liking their comments with all of their alts…
The OP wants to hide from randoms. I don’t think that’s possible.
I get plenty of whispers while playing, mostly guild spam… and if I don’t feel like responding, I just don’t.
If you don’t mind seeing whispers, but would rather just not respond, one easy measure of avoidance would be to type:
/dnd I’m chilling out quietly tonight, no chat!
When someone whispers you, you won’t see it, but they get a message that says “-Player Name- does not wish to be disturbed: chilling out quietly, no chat!”
That works better if you have friends who might whisper you and you don’t want them to think you’re ignoring them.
If you don’t want whispers at all, from anyone, just go into the chat options and disable whispers entirely. Then you’ll only see messages from Bnet friends, unless you disable that, too.
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