Invisible Status in Friends List

[Freemon]

i subcribe to this, it would be really usefull sometimes. make it happen valve!

[cryptodan]

Very good idea, for those times you do not want to be annoyed.

[Mr Pling]

Custom status.

[Inbjiburu]

Great idea. If you could also talk to someone while your invisable that'd be really good to.

[Wazgrel]

to people who still dont get why we need invisible mode, lets put it this way - offline doesn't work for us just for the reason that you cannot earn achievements, use steam cloud and all stuff like that.
invisible mode can be like this - you stay logged on to steam, can buy stuff, go play some crap, but be offline in chat.

So basically like MSN messenger's "Appear Offline" mode?

Sounds like a good idea to me. Sometimes I like to have a play without being bugged by certain people on my friends list, whilst waiting for someone i do talk to to come online.

[EVIL-JURA]

Originally Posted by Pebr

Can we have a status that shows us offline but allows us to stay signed in to our friend list? Sometimes i just don't want my friends to know that i'm online or know what game i'm playing.

In a unique case, in Team Fortress 2, players must be signed in to friends to be able to find items through steam cloud. An "invisible" status option would be very nice in this situation.

good idea i support it

I would like something like this.

[DarCowAlways]

Originally Posted by SuicideBomber

How would that be any different from "Offline", other than the ability to see your friends?

I support an invisible mode where you can message friends, and they can message you only after you initially have messaged them during an "invisible" session (Otherwise you would appear offline)

That would be awesome, but the "Invisible" option alone would be a great improvement. Although, you can always see who's online by going to your steam page, but that is slow, inconvenient and conflicts with TF2.

[aker]

Please add this feature to Steam!
I Support it!

i support having an 'appear offline' mode. You can play your game, track the hours, but you won't be seen as playing a game or even online (applies to your friend's list and your community profile page)

For MW2, it's not an issue of just achievements or the cloud, if you are "offline" and try to play a multiplayer match, you automatically go online. If you are playing multiplayer, and you set your status to be "offline", you are kicked from the match. So, it is literally impossible to play MW2 multiplayer without everybody on your friends list knowing what you're doing.

I have a lot of people from work on my friends list, and we are allowed to have Steam running on our computers at work (as long as we're not actually playing during core hours.) If I take a late lunch break, and play during that time, or if I play a quick game during my 15-minute break in the afternoon, my co-workers can see that I'm playing "during work", and unless I tell them specifically that I took a late lunch, or I was on my break, they will think that I'm playing when I should be working. The same applies if I'm at home, legitimately sick, and I decide to play. And yes, I've run into both of these situations, because some people would rather tell a manager that I'm playing games during work, rather than ask me if there's a reason I'm playing during that time. It's the kind of mess I'd rather avoid.

And of course, to echo everyone else's concerns, sometimes I just don't want a bunch of people sending me invites while I'm playing.

[3nmity]

When damnit, when..

Yes pleeease add an "invisible"/"appear offline" mode for the friends list

[Ayla]

Originally Posted by Pebr

Can we have a status that shows us offline but allows us to stay signed in to our friend list?

Also "spying" everyone is kinda "dangerous". Even in my messengers, I personally remove all invisible contacts from my list. I will do the same on STEAM - no exception.

Go offline instead -> click right on the STEAM icon -> click Community.