The other day I bumped into a member of my squadron in a HazRES, and we impromptu decided to wing up. After a while, some technical issue happened (one of us disconnected from the game or de-instanced) so the wing was broken up. As we both wanted to continue bounty hunting, and we were not in the same instance, i decided to add him as a friend from my contact history panel. Here's were the issues start.
I quickly navigated trough the list, found the right player, and proceeded to add him as a friend, as intended. Now as i was doing this rather quickly, i must have clicked the "S" button to navigate down one too many times, and instead of adding him as a friend, i accidentally reported him. As we were communicating on discord at the time, there was a bit of confusion, why the friend request didn't go trough, and then when it did, as i went trough the contact history once more and made sure i click the right option, why we didnt show up in each others friends lists. Only when i went and checked out the social panel, i realized what had happened.
So, the suggestion
Add another verification step in the menu showed in the picture, when players are trying to report or block someone. For block it could be just a "are you sure? Y/N" and for report it might be a reason. Also, if you report someone a message in the ingame info panel could be useful feedback to know what had happened.
I quickly navigated trough the list, found the right player, and proceeded to add him as a friend, as intended. Now as i was doing this rather quickly, i must have clicked the "S" button to navigate down one too many times, and instead of adding him as a friend, i accidentally reported him. As we were communicating on discord at the time, there was a bit of confusion, why the friend request didn't go trough, and then when it did, as i went trough the contact history once more and made sure i click the right option, why we didnt show up in each others friends lists. Only when i went and checked out the social panel, i realized what had happened.
So, the suggestion
Add another verification step in the menu showed in the picture, when players are trying to report or block someone. For block it could be just a "are you sure? Y/N" and for report it might be a reason. Also, if you report someone a message in the ingame info panel could be useful feedback to know what had happened.
