tall pebble
i'm in the process of migrating from d.net to this, but i seem to be unable to create a DM channel from a DiscordUser, which is what i get from DiscordClient#GetUserAsync.
there is no way for me to fetch this member from a guild without iterating through every single guild, and in order to even get to this state - we will have been able to DM the user at least once.
robust sleet
if you know you'll have a shared server, the DSharpPlus.Rest package got you covered
it contains the direct API call which just takes an user ID
tall pebble
i did have a look at that, although it seems to want initialising in the exact same way the shardedclient does, with its own config and such
weary lotus
The original justification for disallowing this was solely because Emzi said "you might not share a guild with the user", but times have changed 
free PR for anyone who looks at this thread, really
robust sleet
emzis justification isn't bad per say, at least as long as our cache remains questionable
but i don't see much of a reason to keep it this way
tall pebble
potentially a hacky workaround for now whilst that's being discussed - could i maybe just get the first mutual guild with the user, then get the DiscordMember from there, then DM them that way?