In Classic WoW (and Classic TBC when it comes), you have to “tag” the mob to get XP, quest credit and loot from it, unless you group up. And now, when I’m playing Classic WoW, 95% of all players give blind invites, instead of asking “wanna group up?” first. It is so impolite to give blind invites, and now I’m sick of it. Normally I don’t like being social to strangers in WoW (that’s nothing personal against anyone), and if I don’t want to fight for the mobs with anyone or be social (and group up), I neither give a blind invite or ask politely for an invite. Nor do I want to group up, because I don’t want to get the XP reduction you get when you are in group, and because I don’t want to roll/fight for the green, blue or purple loot the mobs drop (which you have to do when you are in group). First, I sometimes wish World of Warcraft was an offline solo game, because, like I said, I don’t like being social in WoW (at least not normally). Second, in the Legion expansion and forward, you can help someone who isn’t in group with you, to get down the mob, and both will get 100% of the XP and money it gives/drops, and quest credit and one copy each of the loot it drops. That is so fantastic, if you ask me. Less conflicts between the players from the same faction, if you get what I mean.
Anyway. Like I said, 95% of the players in Classic WoW give blind invites, and I’m sick of it now. Although I cannot quit WoW (just) because of the blind inviters, because there is no better pastime for me than WoW when I need to pass the time in real life. Something must be done about this. I’m imagining about an option called “Block Group Invites”, which is for those who don’t like blind invites.
If you tag a quest mob that I need, it’s faster for me to throw an invite and hope you accept rather than me say “hi inv” and hope you invite me before the mob dies and then I have to wait 5 minutes for it to respawn.
You don’t need to give a reason, this post has already made it obvious that online games aren’t for you.
And I’m sick of made-up statistics. You can’t stop people from inviting each other to groups no more than I can stop you from pulling percentages out of your rear end.
Nothing has to be done at all. You can either go play solo games, or you can find yourself an add-on that stops you from seeing group invites.
You could even put yourself in a party with an offline alt so that nobody can invite you.
If i feel like being toxic for one day …i never accepts because i want you to suffer and wait for respawn
but i don’t mind Quick invite because it makes my lvling sometimes faster
The other day i was doing KAYA Q in stonetalons and 2 dudes came to me and SAID invite
i didn’t do it and complete Q solo
but it’s only sometimes
OP missed the “massive multiplayer online” part of the genre. Simple as that. Just get an addon that auto declines invites and make sure to remove chat too. And transfer to the most lowpop realm but on the faction that has no players at all.
Yea, it’s the biggest issue of this game. Maybe bigger than bots.
As someone else replied to you, its mostly a time saver, for named NPCs. You can decline the invite, and wait another 3-5 minutes to complete a simple quest.
Usually these type of invites take place when 2 or more players are in the same spot doing the same quest and when grouping up seems the most logical solution and all the formalities comes after. This is actually the most polite way you can act when someone else wants to do the same quest as you do and it goes both ways.
Dungeon group invites are something else.
This is all part of the game you are playing. It’s a multi player. You can play it solo ofc but you can’t expect others to behave the same.
I don’t love blind invites, but sometimes there’s no real choice.
If I have a quest to kill a named mob, and I see another player about to target that named mob then stopping to whisper /Excuse me, would you please consider forming a group with me so as to pool our resources, and facilitate a swifter resolution to this quest? is going to take far too long, and by the time I’ve done so the mob is dead and I have to stand around like a lemon waiting for it to respawn.
Even whispering /inv pls, much as I hate txt speak takes too long in these situations.
Playing classic since open Beta, WoW for 16 years before that, on high pop servers. Ninja-Groupinvites happen once in a while. It’s not a big deal.
This change would actually frustrate people way more than the barely-existent “problem” described. People forget to turn it back off, and then find themselves in this situation:
LF1M dps strath ud here, mage! … hello? mage here, do you still need? sorry full, couldn’t invite you
How can be someone bothered by this … its an MMO OP, maybe you should play single player games then. Or you know what? You can press decline, its not that hard If you get invited to a group its basically an offer from someone else. You can accept that offer or decline that offer. You don´t need to write each other before.
Do you often ask employees in grocery if they want to make a purchase contract with you before you put your bread in front of them?
Personally I enjoy randomly grouping up, especially if there is some friendly casual banter as we hunt for mobs / wait respawns, reciprocal buffs or heals when one is low. Makes whole experience feel like … you know … an MMO.
Invite first, ask questions later or miss out on quests. There is a very good logical reason to invite first, if you’re clearly both interested in a quest.
The ones I specially love are the randoms that throw you an invite with FFA looting on and then start ninja looting everything and expect you to keep playing as if everything was normal.
It’s like: “Bro, how long do you expect your 200 IQ scheme to keep working here exactly?”
Some players are just totally shameless in online gaming, it’s really hilarious.
Im sorry m8 but you can´t do any content on retail alone except of quests. I have lvl 34 hunter on Classic rn and during these 50-60 ingame hours I had about 2 group invites.
Don´t pretend Classic is somehow more social than Retail Its exactly the same.
OK , so two of you are looking at the same mobs , you are on the same q , you both know what is happening , roll to rp server of you wanna long hour conversations about that mob life choices
So people are nice to team up and share the quest to make it faster but you complain?
This must be the most sour post i have ever seen so far. Getting angry on people who actually invite you to share the quest instead of fighting over who can tag faster
Most people who agree blind invite is no good are something special. No you need a wall of text first about how special you are and if you may find it in your heart to team up with said player.
Ninja invites aren’t rude and if you really feel offended by it then just don’t accept it without loosing you mind over it lol.
Do you really think i am gonna type a formal letter for an group invite?
Would you be happy if you just get an “inv pls”? That’s so much nicer and better, right?
The rule of thumb is like this:
The way you join a group or guild is the same way you can leave this group/guild. If you get a ninja invite and accept it, then you can also just leave without saying anything. If you talk and socialize first then it might be rude if you just leave without saying anything.
But it is. On retail you have LFG/LFR so you don’t need to talk to anyone you can level a character without interacting with anyone, group quests and elite quests are less common than in Classic. The only communication required in retail is when your raiding or playing Arena. In Classic you have to interact to get into dungeon groups and because servers are not connected you only have the community of the server to play with and so reputation matters also meaning building good social ties is beneficial.
Also comparing Classic to retail rn isn’t exactly smart we’re in P6 - Classic is currently in the twilight of it’s life span and most players have finished leveling so it’s only natural you haven’t had many group invites.
If you get invited to a group its basically an offer from someone else. You can accept that offer or decline that offer. You don´t need to write each other before.