Blind Invites....

[elricken]

So.... I recently began to level my cleric as our other main healer in my rather small guild grows tired of the job. Have actually been really enjoying playing her so far (monk splash).

That is enjoying playing her excepting the unending tide of blind invites, it makes the whole experience of being a healer just painful. I honestly don't mind a simple tell asking whether I would like to heal for a specific quest, especially if said quest is in my level range and one I want to do. The whole concept of me randomly joining partys based on the fact that I have nothing better to do than heal asinine morons who have no manners makes me rather ill. Have people in this game always been so.... rude?

[Stealthdog]

Set yourself anonymous. I do that on all my cleric toons. You will always get a ton of blind invites with a cleric.

[cdbd3rd]

So.... I recently began to level my cleric as our other main healer in my rather small guild grows tired of the job. Have actually been really enjoying playing her so far (monk splash).

That is enjoying playing her excepting the unending tide of blind invites, it makes the whole experience of being a healer just painful. I honestly don't mind a simple tell asking whether I would like to heal for a specific quest, especially if said quest is in my level range and one I want to do. The whole concept of me randomly joining partys based on the fact that I have nothing better to do than heal asinine morons who have no manners makes me rather ill. Have people in this game always been so.... rude?

It's been a common issue with clerics for a long long time - and is a fair shade worse these days.

Anonymous is your friend.

[SirAggravator]

I don't go anonymous on my cleric but I do ignore blind invites. I just drag the box to the corner of my screen.

The higher you level the less you get the blind invites. You're more likely to get tells instead which I don't mind at all

[cheever77]

Nah I love blind invites on my cleric......

I accept all then I go into a dungeon or into a wilderness/slayer area. Go afk for awhile or just kill stuff, when they ask you where you are tell them. Oh you want to run xxxx quest, sorry mate have run it till I get no xp from there so just drop me from your group.............

Hang on I cant your in a dungeon....*Silence*...... Oh well mate next time maybe you wont send blind invites I suggest you drop group and reform LOL........

[calvinklien]

*yawn

[elricken]

Mhm.. this anonymous functions sounds like something I should have known about the day I rolled my cleric.

[calvinklien]

all the cool healer kids are doing it.

[cdbd3rd]

Mhm.. this anonymous functions sounds like something I should have known about the day I rolled my cleric.

Naw. You have to experience it without Anon first so you know what you're missing.

[Lorien_the_First_One]

/tells to clerics are pretty common, a lot of ppl go on anon for that reason

The large number of blind invites is new and comes with all the new players to the game over the past few months. Prior to EUs launch, other than invites from guildies/friends, I hadn't had a blind invite in the previous 3 years.

I usually join, and tell them that I would have been interested if they has waited for me to see their LFM but sending me a blind invite is the way to get me not to group with you, and then I drop group.

[Rasczak]

Aaaah the cleric ninja.......does it still work? We got that out our system aeons ago o.O

Anonymous you can do if you open up the grouping window...go to the far right tab (Who's on tab), and at the bottom there's a little check box that says "anonymous".

Bare in mind that if you try join a group with it on you may be rejected purely based on the fact they can't see your name so think abouyt taking it off when joining an lfm...and then obviously while in a group you can't be invited to another

[Phidius]

Nah I love blind invites on my cleric......

I accept all then I go into a dungeon or into a wilderness/slayer area. Go afk for awhile or just kill stuff, when they ask you where you are tell them. Oh you want to run xxxx quest, sorry mate have run it till I get no xp from there so just drop me from your group.............

Hang on I cant your in a dungeon....*Silence*...... Oh well mate next time maybe you wont send blind invites I suggest you drop group and reform LOL........

At least one group that blind invited my cleric found out that you don't actually need a cleric to complete most quests - at least, not the one they were in the middle of

[Braed]

I agree it is annoying. I get blind invites on all of my characters. I wouldn't waste time messing with them because it isn't like you're going to teach anybody a lesson. I don't like going Anon for the reasons stated above. If I get a blind invite more than once from the same person I will send them a message telling them no means no.

[x1372]

Ya, my cleric got those a LOT in the early level ranges. They tend to go away around level 14 or so and get replaced by tells. Now that I'm capped... the tells seem surprisingly frequent, even when I'm already in a party (and often when I'm in a quest).

The sad part is, despite never blocking anyone and never (beyond level 4) accepting a blind invite, I still remember the primary offenders. Though its amazing how some people don't ever learn.

There was one guy who sent me 7 blind party invites in a row, all of which got ignored. After #8, I started getting annoyed. At #9, I complained to a guildie about it, and warned him not to say anything when he wanted to yell at the guy. At #10, I sent the offender a rant asking what the hell he was thinking, if he could take a hint from the lack of response, if he realized how rude it is to invite blindly... and got a "sorry" in return. Two days later, I got a blind invite from the same guy. *facepalm*

There was also the guy who was 6 levels below me who kept sending me invites. I noticed him while I was checking the LFM... and he was looking for someone to do a quest in the middle of the deleras series, when I didn't have the deleras adventure pack, and even if I did the odds of me being halfway through it on my own are absurdly small. I may have chewed him out about that when I received the 5th invite... and got the response "thanks for your interest." *facepalm x2 combo*

There have been plenty of others, but the only other funny one was the guy who sent me a tell complaining about my lack of response to his blind invites. On the plus side, that one was good for a laugh.

My bard has gone through most of the same level range getting far fewer blind invites, but she's gotten her fair share. Its not JUST clerics who get this treatment. We just get it a lot more than others.

It may be annoying at the time... but hey, hopefully you can get a funny story or two out of 'em.

[Diarden]

Its simple. You join the party and enter the quest with them. You then go with them partially into the dungeon, and let someone die. Recall out, re-enter the instance, then exit the dungeon again and drop group.

[Captain_Wizbang]

I had a blind invite last night in House J I was on a my mule character, and was heading to mail box and, a guy level 6/unguilded sent me the invite, "because I was in the area & the same level" I had to stop & think before I replied!!! Im glad I did. I politely informed him that most people would get upset by this, and that it's not good policy here in DDO to blind invite. At first he was real snappy with me, but cooler heads prevailed. I offered to help him with Delaras if he wanted to wait for me to finish my transfers. We did not run, but the conversation continued for several minutes. In the end, I dont think he'll be doing that again. And a guy heading down a wrong road got some good info about forming groups & general game play here in DDO. Glad I didnt blast him into orbit!

[gwlech]

Just join and don't heal anyone. When someone dies and starts yelling at you for not healing, tell them "Sorry, I was busy making room in my inventory for your stone. Just because I rolled a cleric doesn't mean I can heal, best to send a tell before a random invite next time. "

If they all die, pick up their stones and proceed to solo the dungeon, looting every chest along the way and skipping bunches of mobs.

When they ask for a rezz, tell them "Sorry, I wasn't planning on grouping, so didn't bother memorizing a spell slot for a rezz."

This could be classified as greifing, and probably should be avoided, but it would be fun to do at least once.
Usually I just accept and continue doing what I was doing before the invite...I may even turn off party chat while I'm at it.

[Zereth501]

I was going to create a new thread, but this seems spot on. I often send tells to clerics to ask them for help. I'd like to know if the clerics'players find this annoying.

A few details : I play on Cannith, so I can't expect all my party members to have the gear for self healing. I only ask clerics who are not in a group, and in a public area. I don't do it until my group only has one slot left, so I won't bother anyone if a healer joins on his / her own before the group fills. My messages usually are : "Hello, we're looking for a healer to run <name quest>. <Insert details here : difficulty, style, etc>. Are you interested?)

I never had anybody complain, but a few ones never answered. Do you think I should stop? Or can I carry on, but with a few changes?

[elricken]

I was going to create a new thread, but this seems spot on. I often send tells to clerics to ask them for help. I'd like to know if the clerics'players find this annoying.

A few details : I play on Cannith, so I can't expect all my party members to have the gear for self healing. I only ask clerics who are not in a group, and in a public area. I don't do it until my group only has one slot left, so I won't bother anyone if a healer joins on his / her own before the group fills. My messages usually are : "Hello, we're looking for a healer to run <name quest>. <Insert details here : difficulty, style, etc>. Are you interested?)

I never had anybody complain, but a few ones never answered. Do you think I should stop? Or can I carry on, but with a few changes?

This never annoys me, a simple tell with a polite request makes me want to heal for a group if I am not busy with something else.

[elricken]

Just join and don't heal anyone. When someone dies and starts yelling at you for not healing, tell them "Sorry, I was busy making room in my inventory for your stone. Just because I rolled a cleric doesn't mean I can heal, best to send a tell before a random invite next time. "

If they all die, pick up their stones and proceed to solo the dungeon, looting every chest along the way and skipping bunches of mobs.

When they ask for a rezz, tell them "Sorry, I wasn't planning on grouping, so didn't bother memorizing a spell slot for a rezz."

This could be classified as greifing, and probably should be avoided, but it would be fun to do at least once.
Usually I just accept and continue doing what I was doing before the invite...I may even turn off party chat while I'm at it.

LMAO, am going to do this with the very next blind invite