FFXI is great and I want this return

[KokonoeAiyoko]

I don't understand why you would have people in your friends list who you want to hide from, especially when you mention them as "trolls" "finding you anyway".

Just get rid of people who you don't want to be surrounded with. everyone else should understand the BUSY Status.

So you answer every phone call at all times no matter what?

[Doljax]

I don't understand why you would have people in your friends list who you want to hide from, especially when you mention them as "trolls" "finding you anyway".

Just get rid of people who you don't want to be surrounded with. everyone else should understand the BUSY Status.

You're assuming they don't want to be talked to all the time, rather than the occasional or one-off. This argument always comes up when people argue for invisible modes, and it never stands up to scrutiny. Sometimes it's just easier to be in an invisible state than explain to a dozen people that no, today you just want to decompress.

[Insertcoins]

You're assuming they don't want to be talked to all the time, rather than the occasional or one-off. This argument always comes up when people argue for invisible modes, and it never stands up to scrutiny. Sometimes it's just easier to be in an invisible state than explain to a dozen people that no, today you just want to decompress.

I mean.. you could just.. put the busy icon on. You don't get tells when it's on. And if these people are on your friend list they can mail you anyway, so being hidden wouldn't stop them from doing that. Honestly we already have the tools I just don't see the point. Busy icon does it's job, and if you want to bring up - But they still see me- Yeah? Even if they didn't they can STILL mail you. So honestly... update your status info and busy icon. Boom.. success.

[Insertcoins]

This is ofcourse not looking at the actual problem... NOONE TALKS HERE!!!?!! I just did a dungeon with a shitty healer when addressed said jack crap. We get people on our friend's list who never contact you but once. Honestly.

[Doljax]

I mean.. you could just.. put the busy icon on. You don't get tells when it's on. And if these people are on your friend list they can mail you anyway, so being hidden wouldn't stop them from doing that. Honestly we already have the tools I just don't see the point. Busy icon does it's job, and if you want to bring up - But they still see me- Yeah? Even if they didn't they can STILL mail you. So honestly... update your status info and busy icon. Boom.. success.

You could, and it would solve the problem in the interim. But then you get the issue down the line of people asking things like "Why didn't you talk to me yesterday? Did I do something wrong? Is something wrong?" and so on. Basically the problem people generally wish to obviate with an invisible mode. Depending on how much development time it'd take to implement, there's nothing wrong with adding more tools of this nature.

Nobody reads statuses anyway.

[NefarioCall]

FFXI is great (Period).

[BatLW]

So you answer every phone call at all times no matter what?

In general: Yes. Someone took his time and effort to call me so I at least should give the person so much of my attention to ask what it is about. But even if you would not:

That is what the Mailbox is for. I am currently not reachable. It's not like they get a "The person you called currently does not exist. Please try again later" message, but they realize I am not available or have no time to respond.

In this case, asking for Invisibility would indicate an underlying social issue with some of your peers. As stated, "Busy" blocks all tells and should make people realize you are not available.

[LeoLupinos]

In general: Yes. Someone took his time and effort to call me so I at least should give the person so much of my attention to ask what it is about. But even if you would not:

That is what the Mailbox is for. I am currently not reachable. It's not like they get a "The person you called currently does not exist. Please try again later" message, but they realize I am not available or have no time to respond.

In this case, asking for Invisibility would indicate an underlying social issue with some of your peers. As stated, "Busy" blocks all tells and should make people realize you are not available.

It's ok if you prioritize others over you. But Many players prioritize themselves over others and I don't think any of the options are wrong, but certainly only one is supported in the game.

Another thing is privacy. Sometimes we want to do events and we don't want to show where we are to our friends. And I don't want to blacklist them just for this event, since removing from friends don't remove me on their friend list, only mine list. I's such an simple function.

[Krotoan]

This is ofcourse not looking at the actual problem... NOONE TALKS HERE!!!?!! I just did a dungeon with a shitty healer when addressed said jack crap. We get people on our friend's list who never contact you but once. Honestly.

Look, some of us build groups of friends online. We also join FC's because we like to play with people. Sometimes though we would rather just bury our heads in the game without people bugging us to come join them or even just /tell-ing us stuff. This isn't to avoid random tells and messages, it's to disconnect from even established friends. We don't HATE them, but introversion is a thing, even online.

[Lemuel81]

This is a feature I have been wanting for years. We should have an option to hide ourselves.