I didn’t say anything about how or how long you play. Just that other people may be different than you.
“I don’t remember all my toon’s names casually, but the idea that i can’t keep them straight enough to use a aearch function by name or class is a bit odd.” Sorry, I don’t know what this means. You either remember what your alt’s name is or you flounder around looking for something close. Especially for people who have deleted dozens of toons over the years to go with new names.
I’m sure this works for some people and everyone that remembers all their toon names across multiple expansion and multiple MMOs. But some people were obviously going to find it a pain in the *** change. And again, what was the point of the change?