Do you really use the player search function on a regular basis?

I know I dont. Seems to me with party finder and duty finder, player search is pretty useless. The only people that seem to utilize this tool, unless there's something I am not aware of, seems to be the RMT. How else are they sending me tells within 30 seconds of making a brand new character, and every time I come off the duty server? I wonder, is it possible to get SE to simply remove this feature all together? Might help cut down on some of the harassment.

People use it for stalking lol

Oh sweet jesus, you're on here now!!

Pretty much that ^ no one uses player search that I know of, I have a few times when inviting people that aren't in my FC/LS or Flist. That's about it though :3

Thats what I figured, so its not out of the realm of impossibility to ask SE to just be rid of it. And no Marik, youll never be rid of me!

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Originally Posted by Markas

Thats what I figured, so its not out of the realm of impossibility to ask SE to just be rid of it. And no Marik, youll never be rid of me!

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Well trust me, I never would want to be :3

Or limiting it to maybe one result every minute or so, so you could still find someone but not in mass amounts.

I actually use it quite a bit, usually for "stalking" purposes so to speak. There are certain players that undercut me a lot that I know who they are so I like to keep track of whether or not they are online so I know how often I need to check my MB listings. I have also used it for finding new players I speak with on the forums about doing things. Outside of that though, I don't use it for much and most people I know probably do not use it at all.

I can count on one hand the number of times that I've used the Player Search function.

Is it again a "SE should remove feature X because I don't use it" thread?

It is good to search for specific classes in specific zones to send them tells for materia meld, asking them to craft something and fast invites for FATEs and many other things

It also would not help against RMT tells, they would just teleport throught the world with a bot that /tell to everyone they meet.

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Is it again a "SE should remove feature X because I don't use it" thread?

It is good to search for specific classes in specific zones to send them tells for materia meld, asking them to craft something and fast invites for FATEs and many other things

It also would not help against RMT tells, they would just teleport throught the world with a bot that /tell to everyone they meet.

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Not at all, its a "SE remove this because its hardly used and would limit the RMT's ability to send out mass tells" thread.

Getting 1-3 tells each day I would not call "mass" ^^

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Getting 1-3 tells each day I would not call "mass" ^^

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i receive WAY more than that each hour. so yes, mass

OP, I'm pretty sure the RMT bots don't use player search for their /tell program. The player names are publicly available on the lodestone for web bots to crawl through. From there they can build a local list of players to message. Using player search would be a lot more hassle-some since there's a cap of 200 players brought to the list.

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I actually use it quite a bit, usually for "stalking" purposes so to speak. There are certain players that undercut me a lot that I know who they are so I like to keep track of whether or not they are online so I know how often I need to check my MB listings. I have also used it for finding new players I speak with on the forums about doing things. Outside of that though, I don't use it for much and most people I know probably do not use it at all.

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Great minds think alike. I use it for exactly this purpose.

I use it a lot, for invites to LS/FC, and to just send them a message if I need to ask them something and I don't have them in my friends list.

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Getting 1-3 tells each day I would not call "mass" ^^

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i receive WAY more than that each hour. so yes, mass

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I can confirm that Coeurl is absolutely shocking for RMT tells. Guarentteed to get one within 10 seconds of logging in, and every time you switch areas.

I use the feature only when I move to different fc. If someone I play with is not on any of my link shell or friends list m..I will try to find them via the search. Only works if they're online though.

I use it find recommended players for my groups. So like if I ask people in my Levi EX party "does anyone know a good tank?" and they say "oh yeah invite <playername> he's good" I use player search to find and invite them. I'm not sure how else I'm supposed to do that.

I wish FC leaders would use Player Search to directly send tells to players that show to not be enlisted in any Free Company, instead of shouting. That would be a good chunk of less people to blacklist.

I use it all the time to find crafters online to do melds or make something for me, its a great tool if you know how to use it properly.

I always hope people will use it to get in touch with me if they need melds or want to hire me for crafting work. I get a few here or there but get the impression many don't know what player search is or how to use it. The game doesn't really make a big deal about it and a lot of people simply don't explore menus or read manuals.

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I wish FC leaders would use Player Search to directly send tells to players that show to not be enlisted in any Free Company, instead of shouting. That would be a good chunk of less people to blacklist.

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You could put shouts in their own chat tab instead of blacklisting people. I did it to avoid having to read arguments over dumb crap in beta and I've never been happier.

Just cause someone isn't in a FC doesn't mean they want one, and there are people that are currently in FC's that would be interested in a new one.

I use player search to invite people to the Free Company or a Linkshell, and always with their permission. I also use it to invite people to parties that other people have asked me to invite.