Originally Posted by
Royce
So I just tried to picture what this would be like, and it's more complicated than it seems. For instance, say you add someone to your friend list. If they have 4 characters, all are automatically added (3 as offline so you would not even notice at first). Later, you wonder why there is some level 10 noob (another of that players characters) on your friend list, and you delete him, deleting all 4 characters, including the one you met and may have wanted to keep. I'm sure there's a way to have much better friend management then we currently have, but I'm not sure a simple combined friend list would work.