Hug emote? more like an awkward pat on the back.

[Lyris-Lyanther]

A hug request would probably lead to an annoying pop up box that some players would use to grief and disrupt others.

[VagrantRisk]

Good point, although like many other things (e.g. party invites) there is a timer where you can choose to ignore the request.

[Riepah]

A hug request would probably lead to an annoying pop up box that some players would use to grief and disrupt others.

Like trade requests? People already have the ability to grief and disrupt if they so desire, I don't think it'd make a difference to bring up a different kind of pop up box.