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**TheGentleman** · Sun, 23rd-Sep-2012, 9:52 AM

“Appear Offline” Option Coming Soon to Battle.net

An adorable puppy appearing offline.

Players will soon be able to select "Appear Offline" Battle.net social-status options. The feature will be added to WoW, StarCraft II and Diablo separately in future updates for each game. It is expected to be available for D3 in a feature patch after 1.0.5, and for WoW and SC2 some time after the release of each game's upcoming expansion.

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In the coming months, we're planning an update to Battle.net that will give you more control over your online presence when playing Blizzard games. Soon, World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III players will be able to select "Appear Offline" as one of their Battle.net social-status options (along with Available, Busy, and Away) for those times when they want to wander Azeroth by their lonesome, dominate the galaxy in radio silence, or slay demons in solitude. When you choose this option as your status, all of your Real ID friends, BattleTag friends, and character-level friends will see you as “Offline” in their friends list whenever you’re logged into a game.

The “Appear Offline” status option will be added to World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III separately in future updates for each game. For Diablo III, we expect to add the feature in a patch after 1.0.5. For World of Warcraft and StarCraft II, we expect to add the option sometime after the release of each game’s upcoming expansion.

Thanks for your continued feedback, and we’ll share more information on the availability of this new feature in the months ahead.

Source: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/7315...enet-9_20_2012

**inFeZa** · Sun, 23rd-Sep-2012, 10:12 AM

Hell.... It's about time

Gray Fox · Thu, 27th-Sep-2012, 3:13 AM

Hmmmmm, i wonder whether it will be like MSN where you can see who is online, or like steam where while appearing offline you cannot see who is online

TACeeSerps · Sun, 23rd-Sep-2012, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGentleman

and for WoW and SC2 some time after the release of each game's upcoming expansion.

I think they might be busting out the old "Coming Soon" trademark on that one.

Demosthenes · Sun, 23rd-Sep-2012, 12:41 PM

Yeah, they'll save it for Legacy of the Void.

x5_Bard · Sun, 23rd-Sep-2012, 5:34 PM

lol how does that work in wow though, your character cant appear offline!

**TheGentleman** · Sun, 23rd-Sep-2012, 6:26 PM

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Originally Posted by x5.Bard

lol how does that work in wow though, your character cant appear offline!

Invisibility
3.0% of base mana
Instant
5 min cooldown

Turns the caster invisible over 3 sec, reducing threat each second. While invisible, you are untargetable by enemies. Lasts 20 sec.

Invisibility is cancelled if you perform any actions.

Source: http://www.wowhead.com/spell=66