Blind Invites

[junior_w]

They go to my ignore list or I accept the invitation and dont spend any resources on them

[Sweyn]

I was obliged to go Anonymous on my Cleric for this very reason. I agree that when you're being spammed blind invites though, the correct response is to report them for harassment.

Well, on my cleric I don't really get blind invites, I just get tells for groups. Going Anonymous also prevents my friends from seeing that I'm on, and if they are running something, I may miss it. What I do is just type /afk, so when I get a tell for the quest, I just ignore it and the teller thinks I'm afk.

[Mts]

My favorite blind invite is the one to do an 'on the spot' pvp from a level 3-5. I'll be on one of my capped toons in the harbor on my way to IQ, and the toon sending the invite is usually a level 3-5 melee.

I let them swing for a minute, then one shot them and wish them a nice day.

[Nexx]

My favorite blind invite is the one to do an 'on the spot' pvp from a level 3-5. I'll be on one of my capped toons in the harbor on my way to IQ, and the toon sending the invite is usually a level 3-5 melee.

I let them swing for a minute, then one shot them and wish them a nice day.

lmfao, sounds like something you would do

[Qwijy]

Send them haste potions one at a time until their mailbox fills.

[Zippo]

Send them haste potions one at a time until their mailbox fills.

why waste the haste pot, send them the little 3 min sonic resist potion. Now that is at least useless

[Gkar]

If it becomes a problem, I go into UI and turn off "accept party invites" and forget about it. Some characters get more blind invites than others, so sometimes I just leave party invites turned off all the time. Not a big deal at all to me..

That stops my friends and guildies from inviting me, and thus hampers my gameplay. It would be much better is people simply didn't do these harrassing blind invites.

[Gkar]

Send them haste potions one at a time until their mailbox fills.

That isn't a threat anymore unless you are their guildy or on their friend's list. They just hit "delete all" (or "report spam") in the unconfimed box and clear it all in 5 seconds. You however took much longer to try to grief them, in effect, griefing yourself.

[Zippo]

That stops my friends and guildies from inviting me, and thus hampers my gameplay. It would be much better is people simply didn't do these harrassing blind invites.

This is the real answer right here, sadly I think the rude people are outnumbering the send a tell first crowd anymore

[Strik3r]

i get blind once in a while...i jus decline them, or if i get a tell i jus say sry cant help.....

the funniest thing is when im on my lvl 5 cleric who is parked in amrath as a packmule...and many times when i log on him to manage my stuffs, i get blind invites, i jus hit decline and dont even bother to reply....my bro and me were joking that i should accept and go to quest and ask.k im here now wat?...since i dont have any pots/wands/very low sp/in essence he is ultra gimped.

[katana_one]

That stops my friends and guildies from inviting me, and thus hampers my gameplay. It would be much better is people simply didn't do these harrassing blind invites.

So your friends and guildies blind invite you too?

It's not a perfect solution, I admit, but it works for me. Your friends can see that you're online, as opposed to being anonymous. It doesn't prevent you from joining LFMs, doesn't prevent you from starting your own group, and doesn't prevent you from sending invites. Your friends and guildies probably send you a /tell before the invite, so you can turn it back on when it's time to group up.

It all comes down to which bothers you more: the blind invites themselves or messing with the UI toggle to turn them off/on (I think it's 3 mouse clicks)?

[cdemeritt]

So your friends and guildies blind invite you too?

It's not a perfect solution, I admit, but it works for me. Your friends can see that you're online, as opposed to being anonymous. It doesn't prevent you from joining LFMs, doesn't prevent you from starting your own group, and doesn't prevent you from sending invites. Your friends and guildies probably send you a /tell before the invite, so you can turn it back on when it's time to group up.

It all comes down to which bothers you more: the blind invites themselves or messing with the UI toggle to turn them off/on (I think it's 3 mouse clicks)?

However, it does block your name when you join an LFM, and many people won't accept a "Annon" person. And again, why should I have to do more work to stop something that is caused by other players.

The old Annon system worked much better, it simply took my name off the list, and nothing else... I'll never get why they changed that.


Edit: I've noticed almost everyone who seems to think "Blind invites are ok" has their forum rep turned off.... I wonder....


Simple: Do Not Send Blind Invites....

[Scalion]

If it's a blind guild invite...in WoW I would take it and then once allowed into their guild chat berate them about how stupid they were for sending blind invites to their guild. Anyone in that guild with any sense who sees blind invites are being sent out by their own guild will likely leave the guild.

In this game it has only happened a few times and I just declined.

[ragingfungus]

I usually accept the invite say something very silly and then leave lol.
The worst one I had was I accepted then the party leader said sorry you are too low of a level for the quest and then kicked me. I was like *** did he not see my char stats when he was inviting?

[Gkar]

So your friends and guildies blind invite you too?

Yes, they do. And I'll accept because I log on to play with them so whatever they are doing I'm up for most of the time.

Plus people say "who is up for <whateverquest>?" in guild chat and when you say "me", they send you and invite.

Having to fiddle with your settings every time you want to accept an invite is stupid.

[Nexx]

However, it does block your name when you join an LFM, and many people won't accept a "Annon" person. And again, why should I have to do more work to stop something that is caused by other players.

The old Annon system worked much better, it simply took my name off the list, and nothing else... I'll never get why they changed that.


Edit: I've noticed almost everyone who seems to think "Blind invites are ok" has their forum rep turned off.... I wonder....


Simple: Do Not Send Blind Invites....

I loved it when it worked that way, now it just shows Anon AND you don't show on the list... they should bring back the old anon system :/

[Folonius]

How do you handle yourself in this situation?

This has happened to me twice. I accepted, entered the quest, then went outside and mow'd my lawn. The grass was just getting way to long, and my wife was yelling at me to get it done. Wife agro and all, I just didn't mention it in party chat.

Since I was expected to blindly know what the invite was for, I figured they'd blindly know that I had to go mow my lawn

[Nexx]

This has happened to me twice. I accepted, entered the quest, then went outside and mow'd my lawn. The grass was just getting way to long, and my wife was yelling at me to get it done. Wife agro and all, I just didn't mention it in party chat.

Since I was expected to blindly know what the invite was for, I figured they'd blindly know that I had to go mow my lawn

Good one, lol

[katana_one]

Edit: I've noticed almost everyone who seems to think "Blind invites are ok" has their forum rep turned off.... I wonder....

For the record, I never said blind invites are ok. Just offered up a suggestion for how to handle them. It works for me - your mileage may vary.

Simple: Do Not Send Blind Invites....

If only it actually were that simple.

I agree that nobody should send them, but I also believe in choosing my battles. Getting everyone on the server to stop sending them is a pipe dream - never gonna happen as long as we have a constant influx of new players who don't know any better at best, or don't care at worst.

I'm sure everyone's experiences are different, but I've noticed a decrease in blind invites since I started playing, which is good, but I still get them.

[Sogrin]

way to stop blind guild invites - join a guild

way to stop blind party invite - roll a rogue


worked for me

YMMV