I'd like to start by saying I don't hold grudges, I bare no one I'll will. But I would argue with God if I thought she was wrong

"I've never once had anyone say something to me about emotes. Never once had anyone tell me I'm griefing them. Never once had anyone ask me to stop using emotes!" Anwiga

I thought we had established most people wouldn't say anything. A lot of people agree saying anything in chat just turns you in to a target, so most people say nothing. Any one with any experience playing MMOs knows what happens if you ask a greifer to stop; not saying you're a greifer, it's a once bitten twice shy thing

"It is only because LoTRO takes so long to load that I browse the forums and find out things like this (that people don't like emotes)." Anwiga

LOTRO loads pretty fast for me, but my machine is built for comp graphics; as in CG art. I'm on the forum a lot because I have emphysema and I need to take frequent breaks. But that is neither here nor there.

"No harm done to Rye Clones, no harm done to Anwiga or her Festival Friends. So why are you being so defensive?" Anwiga

Because what you describe; and I love this term, is mutual emoting, not forced emoting.

I know I have said repeatedly if someone in game actual came up to my character and said "Hey, could you help me finish this deed"? If I wasn't busy, I probably would. But in all the times my character has been FEed no one has ever asked first. Most of the time it's just a sneak attack or an ambush.

I think it would be too funny if we had a verbal emote for just such occasions. I know everyone has heard the hobbit "how rude". Wish I had it for my hobbit characters lol