Want to play with friends, but cant without bookface facepal

I have a fb account, I created it, added people I knew and never logged in again and won't. 

There are some valid reasons to link FB (consumer data being a big one, and the ability to generate community and buzz around your game) it is the dominant platform.

Adding a friends list, and more options to chat is a can of worms from several perspectives.  

The first is server resources, and there is no way around how much of that your going to need. 

The second, and more important is COPA compliance. By getting your consumer data from fb you block this pool of users inside their filter... by not doing it your opening a big can of worms. 

Lastly I would rather have new maps and bots than this feature. I could join a clan or use FB if I wanted it, I have choices but I am choosing not to use them. 

Just make a dummy facebook account. Problem solved.

A. This is a rant subforum for ranting about the game. I'm doing exactly what this forum is designed for.
B. I'll create my own clan with my dummy account. It's still dumb that we can't add friends to a list already in game, by using user IDs, a feature that is already programmed into the game. It should be fairly simple to add with their current game design. I went to school for comp science, so I'm aware of the technical aspects, fyi.
C. I've had issues connecting my actual Facebook account, and have not actually been able to add friends. But I guess you didn't consider that, now did you?

K, thnx bye.

The name was more for fun. So many people say Jesus is their copilot, so here I am.

The code should be really simple. Each user has a list of friends. It's probably an arraylist of players, but it could just be a list of strings that are then searched for by the database when a player is accessing their friends list. They already have the code to add friends to this list. It should be something like:

//setup scanner to read user input
Scanner reader = new Scanner(Systrm.in);
//prompt user for input
System.out.println("Enter Pilot ID");
String newFriendID = reader.nextString();
Player tempPlayer = get.Player(newFriendID);
//check if player exists
If tempPlayer = null {
System.out.println("That Pilot ID is invalid");
return;
}
//add player to friends list
Add.friendsList(tempPlayer);
System.out.println("Pilot " + getname.tempPlayer() + " has been added to your friends list.");
return;

They would have to add some stuff to the graphic user interface. Specifically a button and a prompt to add friends, and then some display messages as needed. Nothing too complicated.