Bringing in a hoarde of players from another game and it is SO difficult to track them down and herd them into a group. (sigh) Anyone have any methods that have worked for them?
There is an option, but it's not everywhere you'd think it might be
If you click "Friends" on the menu at the top, there is a search - it's only a search for username, so you'd need to know what someone's called before you can find them. You have to use a whole term in the person's username to find them. e.g. I find you if I search for "mistress" but not "mistre"
If you're on the homepage and click the "Add" option on the Friends Online box, the search box doesn't appear.
There's maybe a workaround, but it will cost each player 100 currants. During sign up, each player selects a character name that includes a specific, unusual word. For example, if I wer part of a migrating group that selected the word "TeramoAbruzzo," I would sign up as "Splendora TeramoAbruzzo," and my friends Angela and Bernardo woud sign up as "Angela TeramoAbruzzo" and "Bernardo #TeramoAbruzzo." Now we can search on "TeramoAbruzzo" and find each other. After we've formed our group, we each purchase a Change of Name form for 100₡ so we can change our character names to Splendora, Angela, and Bernardo.
Another option would be to add the unusual word after your real name in your profile. Maybe it could start with a hash tag to make it more obvious that it's an addition to your real name.