IMPROVEMENT IDEA: We desperately need ABILITY to SEARCH Rankings by player alpha sort

[Kevz95]

The rankings in guild lists would be wonderful, as would search capabilities.. However, if you spot someone in the wild that you can attack, there are no ways of checking their stats unless you whisper them (by which they'd clue in and prob leave unless they were afk), or search for their name one page at a time on rankings. I know from personal experience that I would have held back quite a few attacks, had I known their power level, or attacked some people had I known they were easy to kill. It's not silly, which is why they took away the ability to check a person's power in the wild by replacing it with the crossed swords.

[RiverBummer]

The rankings in guild lists would be wonderful, as would search capabilities.. However, if you spot someone in the wild that you can attack, there are no ways of checking their stats unless you whisper them (by which they'd clue in and prob leave unless they were afk), or search for their name one page at a time on rankings. I know from personal experience that I would have held back quite a few attacks, had I known their power level, or attacked some people had I known they were easy to kill. It's not silly, which is why they took away the ability to check a person's power in the wild by replacing it with the crossed swords.

It's still easy to get the info using the whisper technique to beguile a person before attacking them. Just say "Pssst, I got a great website that gives free gem credits. If you join my guild I'll let you in on the deal." Then as they are pondering what you said and typing a reply you click on their user link in whisper-chat, assess their power and equipment levels and then rush in from off screen to dispatch them. Only takes 5-20 secs. Few will teleport back to Aierie City on a mere whisper and have no idea where it originated from. So the motive to not give us a more direct way to find people is really invalid if this is the only objection. Most powerful players already know they are in the top 5-10% of their class and just automatically attack anyone not in a friendly alliance or independent and steal their lunch money...