Nobody uses the search function still?

[SirOleas]

This. Being able to call it up quickly with text commands would cause it to be used more.

It's not that people don't know how to use it, it's that it's not as... snappy as it should be.

How many times did you call up the search function from the menu in FFXI, versus doing /sea all MNK. The beauty of the FFXI search function was how you could easily search for anything with a text command:

/sea all GAL PUP 99 Tah (Player names beginning with 'tah')
/sea region TAR BLM 75-99 Bastok
/sea Jugner HUM 60 ballista

I don't disagree with text commands being faster. They don't exist in this game for that function though. Just because it's something people would like doesn't mean they should ignore a current function that is more than adequate for their purposes.

People honestly don't know how to use it by the way. Look back a few pages, a player didn't even know he could add a search comment to his seeking party status. There's really no excuse when you have proper documentation telling you how to use the feature. That's the real problem here...not the simplicity of the system. The search feature is simple enough as it is. Could it be more simple? Sure, but players not even educating themselves on the systems of a game is more to blame if you ask me.

Why would you want to run through a game not knowing how to play it fully? that doesn't make any sense to me.