Please Rework how Friend List works and add Appear Offline button.

We currently have some of the weakest friend list and social features among modern online games.

Players should not be added to someone’s friend list without accepting a friend request first. Likewise, if I remove someone from my friend list, I should also be removed from theirs.

Many games today include an “Appear Offline” or privacy mode. Sometimes you simply want to log in, play on your own, and relax without feeling the need to explain yourself or engage in conversations when you're not in the mood. Avoiding awkward situations like that should be possible.

In the past, an appear offline feature might have caused complications with the player-to-player trade system on the website. However, with the introduction of the in-game Merchant Tab system, this should no longer be an issue.

There have been multiple threads on both the official forums and Reddit over the years requesting these improvements, yet nothing has changed. For me, this is genuinely important, and I would enjoy the game significantly more if we had this option. I have even skipped leagues in the past to avoid situations like the ones mentioned above. An Appear Offline toggle could easily resolve many of these issues.

I sincerely hope you consider adding these features in the future. Please don’t see this as just a minor quality-of-life improvement — for some players, it makes a meaningful difference in how comfortably they can enjoy the game.

Strongly disagree, there's a status message and a /dnd mode already in game which provides for your needs to be left alone.

About the friends list in this game. It's current iteration serves more like a "bookmark" list of people you'd like to approach in the future. Hence there can be one sided deletion when the need isn't mutual to keep things "clean" on that end. For example: People I've met in the past and over time removed from my list still message me for help. I'm happy to provide that and would be sad if they weren't able to ask me because that could lead to them quitting the game.

In the end it's a multiplayer game we are playing, and accommodating(=encouraging) social isolation will eventually cripple this.

I understand what you mean about using the friend list as a “bookmark” system. That’s fine — I can see how changing that could be negative for some people. But when it comes to the Appear Offline feature, I don’t think the argument you made really applies.

I think you’re not fully considering why someone would want an “Appear Offline” option in the first place. It’s about comfort and privacy. It’s not the same as a status message or /dnd at all — those are completely different things.

Also, the people on your “bookmark” list aren’t necessarily your friends. And using Appear Offline has nothing to do with the example you gave. It’s not about cutting people off or preventing them from asking for help. It’s simply about controlling your visibility when you don’t feel like being socially available or explaining yourself.

I also don’t see how giving players privacy options encourages social isolation. If anything, having control over when you’re available makes social interaction healthier, not worse. That’s why most major social games and platforms have this feature — for example, RuneScape, Steam, and Discord. I already explained why I personally would appreciate having it.