Guild Wars 2

This is going to sound really sad. But, well, earlier, I had a friend hit me up for some sPVP, having to head out to dinner soon and not wanting him to rag on me, I decided to switch to ‘Invisible’ status while I finished off my dungeon.

Although I haven’t tested this myself, my creepy friend informed me on Skype that he could tell I was on ‘Invisible’ status as when he hovered over my name, it only shows my name and the fact that I am offline, while for legitimately offline friends, their achievement score and area where they logged out continues to be shown, (and proceeded to rag on me for being a jerk, and okay, I kinda am).

I haven’t tested this myself, but generally, for social features like this, going invisible shouldn’t look any different from someone who’s offline, that’s kinda the point. Maybe people are gonna flame me for being an anti-social pooper, but I still think it would be nice if this was fixed, if it actually is the case.

TL;DR – Looks like maybe(?) people can tell when you go ‘Invisible’ making it a pointless feature.

EDIT: Thanks to EmissaryVex, a helpful player who noticed my post and decided to test this out with me. These were our findings.

• He goes invisible, I can still see his AP and location in-game.
• I go invisible, he is unable to see my AP and location in-game.
• If he goes invisible while in Queensdale, and then proceeds to zone into Divinity’s Reach, (while invisible) the contact list updates this information. Since it would be impossible for an offline character to change zones .. this easily gives away the invisible status away to crazy stalker friends.