Remember blind tells are fine, blind invites are rude

[shaolaolint]

So just a quick reminder to the newbs and noobs. A blind tell is fine if it's done politely and tactfully. A blind invite is just rude. Nothing worse than soloing a boss and then this big box in your way that Johnny Stranger who can't learn manners or where the CSW pots guy is, has sent you an invite.

I got one the other day as I was LRing my FVS, Nicoheal. Some jerk (I know, anonymity), sends an invite. I decline. He immediately sends a tell of what quest he's doing. I Politely explain how blind invites are rude. He then sends a ? As if I still should join his rude ass. Itgen politely say his he is lucky I don't put him on my DNG list and he should carry on. He then replies with a rude message. I /squelch him now, no need to draw out more drama. I look him up and see he's from some no name guild, and laugh that if that's how he treats "healers" at mid levels, he will have ****ed us all off soon enough and he'll never see the vale until he rolls a healer.

And the day he does I hope he's cursed with blind invites every day from login till logoff

/end rant

[Mellifera]

I found a new way to be irritated by them. I'd just rolled up a coin farming alt, had gotten off the ship, and was in the process of equipping my starter armor when I get hit with an invite. I click decline and politely /tell this guy that most players find them rude. That's when I noticed my dwarf is standing around in just her underbritches. Opening my inventory revealed my armor had vanished. Nice.

At least it was only starter gear instead of something I'd saved for twinkage.

[MrWizard]

i just accept, and continue my solo questing or shopping,,,and ignore them..it is the only way to stop incessant blind invites from same person...


to heck with them...

[brian14]

What exactly is "blind invite"? And what would be "non-blind invite"?

[biggin]

What exactly is "blind invite"? And what would be "non-blind invite"?

A blind invite is inviting someone to your party that you had no prior contact. Basically just looking through the "Who" list and inviting people you don't know.

[ZeroTakenaka]

What exactly is "blind invite"? And what would be "non-blind invite"?

A blind invite sends a pop-up box saying that you want to invite them to a party with no prior contact beforehand.

A 'non-blind invite' is a blind tell... You /tell the person and wait for an answer if they want to do a quest with you based on difficulty/questname before sending an invite.

[Dex]

I would also add that a blind invite means you don't have an lfg flag on.

Squelch all the blind inviters, maybe they will learn some manners.

A blind invite sends a pop-up box saying that you want to invite them to a party with no prior contact beforehand.

[Cam_Neely]

What exactly is "blind invite"? And what would be "non-blind invite"?

Blind Invite (Incorrect):
/invite Brian14

non-blind Invite (correct)

/t Brian14 Hey man, thinking of running though WW on hard, wanna come?

if (Brian14=Yes, /invite Brian14, post in social panel LFM)

[AZgreentea]

I skootch them off to the side and let them expire. They dont usually send them again.

[SmashBang]

i just accept, and continue my solo questing or shopping,,,and ignore them..it is the only way to stop incessant blind invites from same person...


to heck with them...

+1

I do this often on my healer

[Cauthey]

i just accept, and continue my solo questing or shopping,,,and ignore them..it is the only way to stop incessant blind invites from same person...


to heck with them...

^^ THIS. Keep doing whatever it is you're doing. Then, when they ask you where you are, tell them you're Risia coin jumping. When they act all confused, just say, "You invited me, so I clicked Yes. You didn't actually send me a tell and ask me to come along. I just figured you wanted me in your group so that you could monitor my HPs and SPs. You gave me no other information, really."

[Loromir]

I'll have to admit...when I first stepped off the Boat in Korthos, Blind inviting was the only way I got groups. I knew nothing of the social panel. When someone told me "Blind Invites are rude, you should use the Social Panel" I didn't have a clue what they were talking about. When I did finally find the Social Panel, I didn't use it right away, Didn't really understand how it worked.

I was in a group of lvl 1's and 2's early on and we were trying to get a couple more to join us. I told the leader to invite more people. He said he was trying, but he was just standing there doing nothing. I go mad, dropped group and blind invited a full group. Obviously the leader had an LFM up, but I had no concept of that process at the time.

Now I realize the err of My ways almost a year ago. I never blind invite now. I dont get to snippy if I get a blind invite. I usually click no and go about my business. However, some folks don't get the picture and send multiple invites even after I decline. That is when I get mad.

[Missing_Minds]

^^ THIS. Keep doing whatever it is you're doing. Then, when they ask you where you are, tell them you're Risia coin jumping. When they act all confused, just say, "You invited me, so I clicked Yes. You didn't actually send me a tell and ask me to come along. I just figured you wanted me in your group so that you could monitor my HPs and SPs. You gave me no other information, really."

I'm going to have to remember that one.

[bigolbear]

yeh, accept and continue about your bussiness- but do tell them after a while you wont be joining them due to the blind invite.

and if any one else joins make sure to inform them via tells your not going to be playing ball.

I find announcing that to punish the blind inviter i shall be sitting in searing heights while off to make a cuppa.. make diner do the wahsing up, walk the dog.. you get the idea.

The alternative is thanking them for the invite because all those anoying blind invite boxes were geting in your way while trying to solo the quest your doing/ AH browsing or whaterver. be sure to let them know how helpful they are because now you cant be hassled by unwanted popup boxes.

[Kominalito]

I found a new way to be irritated by them. I'd just rolled up a coin farming alt, had gotten off the ship, and was in the process of equipping my starter armor when I get hit with an invite. I click decline and politely /tell this guy that most players find them rude. That's when I noticed my dwarf is standing around in just her underbritches. Opening my inventory revealed my armor had vanished. Nice.

At least it was only starter gear instead of something I'd saved for twinkage.

um, why arent we talking about this. are you saying there is a hack that strips your inventory with a blind invite?

[unionyes]

Blind invites are truly annoying. Best one I ever got was doing a very long fall without my FF on, intending to put it on at the last minute when suddenly this freaking pop up box.......

The only thing worse is a blind GUILD invite.

If I get a blind invite from a level 1,2, or even 3 toon I don't worry too much. I just figure that they haven't been around long enough to be blasted for doing this. If I have the time, I send them a tell politely thanking them and saying that blind invites usually don't get a good response, try the LFM panel.

Once not long after FTP came along I was running a lowbie and got a blind guild invite. I told the person that people usually are somewhat selective about guilds here, and it led to a conversation about the difference between a guild and a party, which was enlightening for one of us.

If they are mid or high level, I either click NO immediately or ignore it, depending on what I am doing at the time.

[AndyD47]

um, why arent we talking about this. are you saying there is a hack that strips your inventory with a blind invite?

I'm pretty sure (s)he was describing a bug of some sort.

[Kominalito]

I'm pretty sure (s)he was describing a bug of some sort.

ok. bug - not panic inducing. hacking - panic inducing.

[WielderofGigantus]

The only thing worse is a blind GUILD invite.

No, blind guild invites are the greatest.

A new alt of mine got sent one and I accepted, then I removed the guild chat from all my chat boxes and whenever someone from that guild sent me tells I would just respond in a foreign language. It was highly amusing. It got me access to the guild vendors and their airship. Free loot from their guild chest.

[der_kluge]

I have, out of boredom on occasion, accepted blind invites with my healer, and done the quests. I don't mind helping people sometimes.

But I agree it is rude. I'd much rather get a /tell first asking me if I'd like to join.

And I definitely agree with the OP that healers have a good memory. There are certain people on Cannith I will not join with because of how they treated me as a healer.