A little peace and quiet - Guild Wars Forums

aprebyl · May 29, 2006, 06:19 PM // 18:19

Hello,

Look, I do my best to help out my guildies...money, free runs to wherever, heck I'll even help with that *&^#! Thunderhead Keep mission.

Sometimes though, I would just like to play and be "invisible" to my guildies.

Is there a way to change my apparent status on the guild screen from "online" to "offline" or "invisible" so that my guildies won't know that I'm on?

MCS · May 29, 2006, 06:21 PM // 18:21

Press N and go to player status, or you could just say "no".

Snograt · May 29, 2006, 09:14 PM // 21:14

What he said.

You have the option to set your status as Online; Away; Do Not Disturb and Offline.

If set as offline, you will not be shown as online on your guild roster. Just don't forget yourself and make a comment in guild chat whilst "offline", that can be embarrassing!

Lugosi · May 29, 2006, 09:19 PM // 21:19

Whereby it would be nice, of course, if one could already pick the preferred status *before* actually loading into the game.
The way it is now, you have to load in first (you appear online), bring up the friendslist-screen and change your status (finally you appear busy/offline/dnd).

TwinRaven · May 30, 2006, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lugosi

Whereby it would be nice, of course, if one could already pick the preferred status *before* actually loading into the game.
The way it is now, you have to load in first (you appear online), bring up the friendslist-screen and change your status (finally you appear busy/offline/dnd).

I completely agree whith this...would be AWSOME! I am a teacher who made the mistake of letting my in-game name slip to a student...now, whenever I log in...within 10 seconds..."'sup?" Then I spend 10 min chatting and not playing. Now, several of them seem to play with their friends list open and I have to do a quick-draw to the friends screen and hit "offline"...then, of course, I can't farm and sell effectively...I hate to put "friends" on ignore...but it may come to that.

zelira · May 30, 2006, 08:16 PM // 20:16

I feel your pain. There are times where I hear the sound from a whisper before my screens fully load after logging in. I can't even access the friends menu before I get the first whisper.

I'm not sure if you can be "invisible" in the guild roster menu. Anyone that is really offline will display the character name that was invited into the guild. If you just set yourself as offline, it will show which character you are on with a status of "offline". Also placing your mouse cursor on top of your name, it will display your invited character name in a pop up window.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

This really is annoying.

fiery · May 30, 2006, 10:57 PM // 22:57

^ Yup, only hope they don't remember which name you joined the guild with.

May 29, 2006, 06:19 PM // 18:19	#1
aprebyl Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2006 Profession: Mo/Me	A little peace and quiet Hello, Look, I do my best to help out my guildies...money, free runs to wherever, heck I'll even help with that *&^#! Thunderhead Keep mission. Sometimes though, I would just like to play and be "invisible" to my guildies. Is there a way to change my apparent status on the guild screen from "online" to "offline" or "invisible" so that my guildies won't know that I'm on?

May 29, 2006, 06:21 PM // 18:21	#2
MCS Banned Join Date: May 2005	Press N and go to player status, or you could just say "no". __________________ I just wanted to see if I can do this. Leet.

May 29, 2006, 09:14 PM // 21:14	#3
Snograt rattus rattus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST Guild: [GURU]GW [wiki]GW2 Profession: R/	What he said. You have the option to set your status as Online; Away; Do Not Disturb and Offline. If set as offline, you will not be shown as online on your guild roster. Just don't forget yourself and make a comment in guild chat whilst "offline", that can be embarrassing!

May 29, 2006, 09:19 PM // 21:19	#4
Lugosi Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2005	Whereby it would be nice, of course, if one could already pick the preferred status before actually loading into the game. The way it is now, you have to load in first (you appear online), bring up the friendslist-screen and change your status (finally you appear busy/offline/dnd).

May 30, 2006, 08:16 PM // 20:16	#6
zelira Elite Guru Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: Me/	I feel your pain. There are times where I hear the sound from a whisper before my screens fully load after logging in. I can't even access the friends menu before I get the first whisper. I'm not sure if you can be "invisible" in the guild roster menu. Anyone that is really offline will display the character name that was invited into the guild. If you just set yourself as offline, it will show which character you are on with a status of "offline". Also placing your mouse cursor on top of your name, it will display your invited character name in a pop up window. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This really is annoying.

May 30, 2006, 10:57 PM // 22:57	#7
fiery Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: maryland Guild: InYurFace Gaming [IYF] Profession: R/	^ Yup, only hope they don't remember which name you joined the guild with.