Guild Wars 2

I have been playing one character for a couple days and in that time I added a few people to my contact list and I also joined a guild.

Today I created another character and I noticed that, even though I am on a different character, I still have the same people on my contact list and I am in the same guild with this new character.

Is this intentional? If so, I don’t like it because the whole reason why I created this new character was to “get away” from the people on my other char’s contact list and guild. I wanted to sort of start over and not be bothered by anyone while I leveled up this new char. If spanning contacts and guild membership across multiple characters is intentional then I have to say I disagree with it.

Thanks!

I just want to point out that the game has an “Invisible” option for exactly these situations.

You can turn it on by opening the contacts panel (either ingame or in the character selection screen) and changing your status at the top to “Invisible” – doing so will prevent you from showing as online on any contact and guild lists and make it impossible for people to whisper you (they will be told you are offline).

A lot of people don’t seem to be aware that the game has this option, but it’s perfect for those days when you just want to play solo for a bit and not be bothered by anyone.

There’s nothing that you can do about the contacts as they are account bound not individual to characters. With regard to your guild, you don’t have to represent the guild with your alternative character and you can go find a different guild for that character to join or choose to not represent any guild at all.

Unfortunately for you, to truly be able to separate yourself from contacts you’ve already made you would either need to ‘unfriend’ them or buy a second copy of the game and create a 2nd account.

Yes it is intentional and I agree with it. I started playing with RL friends and when I create an alt I’m already part of the guild. If you accepted some random guild invite and/or added people to your contact list just for the heck of it, and you want to not be bothered; leave the guild and remove all contacts. Doesn’t really sound like you want to be bothered by any of them anyway.

Salgari.3076:

Yes it is intentional and I agree with it. I started playing with RL friends and when I create an alt I’m already part of the guild. If you accepted some random guild invite and/or added people to your contact list just for the heck of it, and you want to not be bothered; leave the guild and remove all contacts. Doesn’t really sound like you want to be bothered by any of them anyway.

I am not saying I don’t want to be friends with any of them or that I don’t want to be in that guild. I just wanted to have one character that I could login and play with on days that I don’t feel like being social.

Question: If I leave the guild on my alternative character will it also remove my other characters from that guild? In other words, are guild memberships also account based?

Salgari.3076:

Yes it is intentional and I agree with it. I started playing with RL friends and when I create an alt I’m already part of the guild. If you accepted some random guild invite and/or added people to your contact list just for the heck of it, and you want to not be bothered; leave the guild and remove all contacts. Doesn’t really sound like you want to be bothered by any of them anyway.

Wrong. It’s not that I don’t want to be bothered with them. On the contrary I really enjoy playing with them as I am new and they help me a lot plus a couple people in the guild and on my contact list are long time friends.

My intention is to have the option of playing a character that doesn’t have any guild association or contacts because there are days when I simply want to be alone.

Amarinth.8534:

I just want to point out that the game has an “Invisible” option just for such eventualities.

You can turn it on by opening the contacts panel and changing your status at the top to “Invisible” – doing so will prevent you from showing as online on any contact and guild lists and make it impossible for people to whisper you (they will be told you are offline).

Precisely the kind of thing I was looking for. Thanks!

Great tip Amarinth about the ‘invisible’ option. Didn’t knew that one.
As for guild, you can join multiple guilds with your account Twilite, and for each char you can choose 1 guild to represent, or just represent none. That is up to you offcourse. But i can understand why you would like to have a “non social” char, we don’t feel the same way every day