Usage of /anon and /role

[Dwin]

I've noticed recently that more and more people are wandering around with /role or /anon turned on. I can understand clerics trying to hide from rez requests, and maybe chanters, but some days the majority of the guild is in "stealth mode."

For starters, the only difference between /role and /anon is whether your guild tag shows up. Unless you're ashamed of what guild you're in, use /role instead of /anon. This is also stated in the Guild Rules:

Use of /anonymous is not permitted. Use of /roleplay is allowed, but members are strongly encouraged to remain visible in /who at all times.

Using /role is great for bazaar traders and buff-bots; it keeps newbs from asking your bot to join their group. I also use it occasionally when I'm playing while semi-afk, and can't join in a group, or if I just don't want people to bother me.

On the other hand, if you want help on a quest, or if you've got a group going, or you'd just like some company, make yourself visible. When I do a /who and see someone off in a crazy zone hunting shards or other quest stuff, there's a good chance I'll drop by to help. On the other hand, if I just see a bunch of [ANONYMOUS], I'll just go off and do my own thing.

[Zahla]

i just get the impression that most people don't want to be bothered so i don't log on outside of raids anymore.

[Wotan]

I have been using /anon to spend long times in Kael. I simply forget to turn it off.

[Redleaf]

I use /anon to be consistent with my rl social tendencies :p

(yeah, it's fucking annoying)

[Rysia]

I do use /role on Daria and Eraiya a LOT. I log in and by the time those characters actually pop in PoK (where I camp them) I might have up to 5 people asking for KEI, haste, 9, Regen, FoE. Thing is...I think the names are known and the fact that they are alts played by one person. I get tells to Daria for KEI, etc.

I really DON'T mind buffing but it does get a bit insane at times. What's the command to hide your toon's NAME? Lol.

[Dwin]

I think the command you're looking for is /afk.

[Emryes]

I usually pop /role on when going into PoK. Like Rsy,I don't mind buffing, but, and especially if I am in a rush, it is onerous to get constant tells for KEI. If I'm just hanging around I'm always totalyl visible though. Even while grouped sometimes I get tells for KEI and will gladly offer if they would travel to my group's location (and they often do!)

[Timber]

KEI makes the world go round.

[Kaboom]

For my toons, Medi is almost always role only anon if it is a mistake

But Kaboom shouldn't be either unless it is a mistake or I am mostly afk.

[Kelluae]

Generally I don't use either tag. But a few times recently, I was having some RL issues and didn't want to talk to anyone. I logged on solely to slaughter things and de-stress. So you may have seen me /role or /anon. Generally I agree that people shouldn't run around with them all the time, but ultimately it comes back to the fact that this is a game. People play for different reasons, enjoy it in different ways, and don't always want to be sociable.

/shrug

[Starsha]

I use /anon to be consistent with my rl social tendencies :p

(yeah, it's fucking annoying)

Can you bof (I mean buff) me IRL too?!

[Avocado]

I logged on solely to slaughter things and de-stress.

Yeah, due to RL, sometimes lately I log on for just 10-15 mins to blow some quick steam, so I stay quiet and invisible.

[Wotan]

Can you bof (I mean buff) me IRL too?!

Would love to dear.