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Blind team invites: a path to risk free griefing

Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
edited February 2011 in Controls and Interface
When someone sends you an invite to a team, it does not tell you their @handle. As such it is impossible to report someone spamming you with team invites unless they're right there in front of you.

There needs to be an ignore button on the requester.

Yes, I'm aware that one can simply turn off team invites. That's beside the point, some people may not know how to do that. I personally haven't been griefed, but I did just get a pair of team invites in a row and noticed the loophole.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    Why not accept the invite, get their handle, then leave the team? Not a perfect solution, but a solution nonetheless...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    I thought there was a /anon command to remove you from any lists. There's also an option to disable team invites in the social window I believe.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    And it's not just a mechanical issue either. If someone would either shoot me a tell or say "hi" before the team invite then they would, in my book be far more successful. Half the time I join the team just to see what's up...and the person doesn't reply ever. They just either stand there for 10-15 minutes or fly off to do their mission.

    Dear Players,
    I am not Kreskin.
    -Crosschan :cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    Crosschan wrote:
    And it's not just a mechanical issue either. If someone would either shoot me a tell or say "hi" before the team invite then they would, in my book be far more successful. Half the time I join the team just to see what's up...and the person doesn't reply ever. They just either stand there for 10-15 minutes or fly off to do their mission.

    Dear Players,
    I am not Kreskin.
    -Crosschan :cool:

    Amen to this. I got one yesterday while I was in the tailor, and no idea who the person was, why they picked me, or who they were.

    Side note...Kreskin? That shows some age. I like it! ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I know there's an option to make you invisible to everyone but your friends and your SG; it's not a perfect solution, so why not try that? Should be on the bottom right when you bring up the Public window with "O".

    But yeah, random team invites get old fast, especially when someone in Westside sends you one and you're in, say, Lemuria.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    On the flip side,

    When someone calls out "LF3M for ______", I can click on that persons name and TRY to auto join the team. But, ONLY if I'm in the same zone/instance. It should allow for more flexibilty since The Desert, Canada, and MC have more than one instance running. The others will get more once the newer people start to populate those areas.

    (LF#M = Looking for # more)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Metallurgist wrote:
    When someone sends you an invite to a team, it does not tell you their @handle. As such it is impossible to report someone spamming you with team invites unless they're right there in front of you...
    While i agree that it'sa problem and a solution needs to be implimented.
    Atm, try this: After declining the invite, "manually" send that character a TELL and include the @ symbol after. It will pattern match and find the @HANDLE for you. Then use that to send a report?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I hate blind invites, as well. Especially when I'm talking in zone, then all of a sudden BLAM! "Cheeseypants McGee has invited you to join a team!" I look around... and there's no Cheeseypants McGee anywhere near me. I decline, and see it maybe two more times.

    If it's something I said in Zone to make someone mad, then they don't need to invite me to a party to chew me out - this isn't Intervention. Also, I was most likely joking, as I am about... probably 72% of the time when I'm not helping people on Zone chat.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    /who <charactername> helps, but only a little.
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