[request] Appear Offline option

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Why not just make an alt and keep the names between just you and your SO? That way under the currant system you two can have all the time together alone you want and not have to worry about upsetting friends.

I don't really think making people level entirely new characters just to spend some quiet time together with their SO is a better option than simply giving an "offline" status with the above mentioned parameters...

[VictorTheed]

I Been wanting this feature for awhile now, for me personally it'd be one of the greatest QOL additions since job gauges and cross server pf.

[Sacred_Nym]

In my experience, an appear offline option, even a paid one, results in around 70% of active players using it 100% of the time and the as a result the game appearing dead to new players and result in stagnation at best.

So no, this is a horrible idea. Please keep it away from the game at all costs.

[SomeRandomHuman]

It is possible to not only disable the tell noise, but also filter it out entirely or limit it to specific tabs.

This can be done by going to Character Config > Log Window Settings.

For disabling the ping: Log window Setting > Notification Sounds Tab > Uncheck Tell > Accept > Done.

For filtering out tell completely or to specific tabs: Log window settings > General(very bottom) > Select Chat Tab > Check/Uncheck > Apply > Done

An appear offline option would only hurt the game. These are enough. So if you get tell spammed you can just ignore them entirely or just not look in the tab you have them set to. The same can be done for ANY type of chat log channel(FC, Alliance, Say, etc). The only chat logs that are exempt from these options are GM tells and Game notifications(maintence, emergency maintence, etc).

If this does not satisfy you then I'm sorry, but too bad. You gotta work with what you got.

[Canadane]

Put simply, it looks rather suspicious when yourself and significant other both put on "busy" status for all the friends to look at.
But besides that, what seems unacceptable about another option? It's not like this would take away or replace anything.

It does? To me it means "don't bother me atm please"
Bother being sending tells or party invites.

I don't think it's suspicious.

[Aylis]

I don't really think making people level entirely new characters just to spend some quiet time together with their SO is a better option than simply giving an "offline" status with the above mentioned parameters...

Is it ideal? No, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do and make sacrifices to get private alone quiet time with whats available to use. They don't like to use the /busy option because they don't want awkwardness with friends and that's understandable, so the next available escape is to make atls to get away from everything. I'm not against an offline status, but requesting something doesn't always mean they will add it either ever or in a timely fashion.

[Skivvy]

This is a feature in XI, and it is great. Sometimes you just want to play the game in peace and quiet without interruptions or pressure.

There is no harm in having this implemented, and those who find /busy to be sufficient can continue using it.

[Vidu]

In my experience, an appear offline option, even a paid one, results in around 70% of active players using it 100% of the time and the as a result the game appearing dead to new players and result in stagnation at best.

So no, this is a horrible idea. Please keep it away from the game at all costs.

How would it appear dead to new players? If I understand correctly, all the function would do is show your online status as offline in lists like friendslist, FC, LS etc.
It wouldnt hide your character model in the open world or something like that - just make it less visible for your self-picked social circles.
FCs would still want to appear "active", so I would imagine a good chunck of people there not using it 100% of the time.

I dont think that new players impression of the game would be truely influenced by this.

[MatthiasS]

Yes please. Would like appear offline.

[Kurando]

Perhaps there needs to be an offline timer, so essentially you can only appear offline for a certain period of time and only a certain number of times per day to avoid it being in constant use. So let's say you are given an hour to appear offline twice a day, otherwise there is the Busy status as well to use in-between.