Hello, so i got a person i dont rly know irl and only from internet and he came to wow and i spent the last 2 days playing with him using discord etc and it was cool and all, but sometimes i like my time alone, like for example doing 2 dungeons then going afk a bit or just mindless playing while hearing youtubers etc . And he is alot younger then me so sometimes it kinda bothers me.
Can i hide that i am ingame from that person? we have real blizz id added eachother. I kinda lack the social skills to say that to him in a nice way, also he seems kinda edgy and i rather just hide my activity and be done with it.
TY.
EDIT: So i just set my bnet luncher to " display as offline" does this make my ingame friends that are currently playing see me as offilne while im playing my char?
âAppearing offline will show you as offline to everyone in your Blizzard friends list both in the Battle.net app and in-game. Gameplay and game-specific features such as matchmaking are unaffected while you are appearing offline. Note that in the case of World of Warcraft, you will still appear online as your character in-game.â
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You can set your battle net account to show youâre offline and it wonât show you as online while youâre online in a game. You canât hide youâre online from a specific person and tbh thatâs a feature that Blizz should add to battle dot net.
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That will serve, thanks alot. So i just set my bnet luncher to " display as offline" also my bnet luncher dont show me any friends and i have like 300, is it bugged or smth?
They will still get that friend symbol next to the groups youâre in in LFG afaik.
just asked a friend if he could see me online in game and yes he could, bnet luncher is set to display offline, oh wait bnet luncher is connected to americas xD
No you canât. I might actually add people to my list if you could (have none and have rejected the few requests Iâve had over time). Most of the time I just want to be left alone. Iâll chose when I want to interact, not Blizzard.
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You can grow a back bone and tell them you want to play solo for a little bit.
I am sure they will be fine.
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I bet you tell people with depression to âcheer upâ as well. Social interaction and anxiety that can follow is complex.
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Nice generic white knight response.
Depression isnât usually something you can overcome with effort alone. Social anxiety is. Theyâre not close to being the same thing.
Wanting a system built purely so you can hide from a random stranger online is not something that should be accommodated for. Building those systems puts people with anxiety deeper into their hole.
Same thing with telling depressed people to âcheer upâ, it does nothing to actually help them. That just tries to get them to mask their issues instead of improving on them and helping themselves.
Welcome to the real world where you canât hide and wrap yourself in a blanket, you need to interact and force yourself to grow as a person.
We donât need to talk to people with issues like theyâre children incapable of making rationale decisions. That helps no one.
So my advice although blunt, is the best thing to do.
âHey dude, Iâm just chilling for a bit and doing my own thingâ
Theyâll either accept it and leave you be for a bit, or theyâll get âedgyâ as OP says in which case theyâre not even someone you want to talk to, so you remove them and problem solved.
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i guess i dont want to reject sum1 so i dont feel rejected after. i had therapy and i know i should force my way in ( therapy for other stuff but serves here). I guess sometimes there no problem going easy way xD.
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The therapy and medication I take for social anxiety, depression and a few other things say otherwise. Because I cannot hide I do not take part at all. An âhideâ button would allow me to hide when I wish and on a âgood dayâ appear as I wish. Iâm sorry you are ignorant on the subject.
It is a simple thing Blizzard could do that would help so many people, their refusal in curious they want to support so many other things but not this.
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Iâll preference this by saying I am not a trained therapist / psychologist, but if your therapist tells you to hide from the world I would seek further opinions.
You can call me ignorant to deflect if you like, I donât fully care, but youâre not helping people by supporting their wishes to just hide away.
As OP said in the post above yours, even their own professional help has told them to make their own opportunities.
An offline would allow that, consider this I add my first friend to my list after a positive experience. However the next day I feel bad (which is most days) at the moment I have two choices, stay offline and not play WoW or remove the person. Option two is what I do, if I could âhideâ I could keep them there and maybe over time build confidence. The binary nature of adding them and them always being there is too much for me (and others Ive read about) the âtoggleâ is a good middle ground. Then as time goes on hopefully the need to âhideâ is reduced.
Bottom line adding a friend is too much of a commitment for many. An offline button makes this less daunting. I hope you can see this.
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if you add tru bnet name and set luncher to âdisplay offlineâ i think they cant see it. Tried it i thinks its working
Does not work in WoW they can still see you. At least they could 6 months ago, Iâd be happy if it now works though,.
Just let the dude know you want to play alone from time to time as well.
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yeah or just use this announce title thingy and let people know that you re unavailable right now and just dont answer and put yourself on dnd. 
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Trouble with the modern young generation is they donât know how to deal with this because it doesnât happen as the ânormâ because people are scared of upsetting people.
Grow a spine is actually the best advice - however itâs wasted on the young because they donât know what a spine is.
Incoming woke generation calling me all sorts of namesâŚbut I donât care. Because I have a spine.
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Yes you do, it actually shows on your characterâs back 
Preach it, sister!
OP, just tell them youâre not interested right now. Then they either:
- accept - problem solved, or
- start being difficult - try to tell them to get lost for a moment in simpler words or just remove them from friend list, ignore, whatever else you deem necessary - problem solved.
If someone canât understand/accept you are not their 24/7 free carry, then itâs not sort of person you want to play with anyway.
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