I think the search function has been capped like that for all the time I've been playing (2 1/2 years about). If there's any particular reason for it, I don't know it. With all the options available to search with though (by level, by AT, by zone, etc) it doesn't really hurt any, though if you're doing a thorough search it can take longer since you're stuck searching multiple times with different settings sometimes.
Well if it did used to have a cap, it was much higher than 50.. As I remember at times getting 1,000+ players returned when I did a total search-all..
50 just seems like a silly number to cap it at.. I wouldn't mind 100 much at all (since the list truncates at 100 anyways), but 50 does make me do some additional filtering that I didn't used to have to do when looking for team members.
1000+? Wow, I've never had anything more than 50 or perhaps 60 show up, even when I know there's several hundred people on at the very least. There was always a notation at the bottom with something to the effect of "some results were filtered out", even when no additional search options were set. I guess there's an option somewhere that I've never noticed that may have been toggled on or off that removed that cap to end up with results like you had. If there is (or was), I guess that'd be the new thing for me to learn today, hehe.
EDIT: By the way, love your avatar! 
It'll only show 50 results, but if you click search again, it'll show the next 50, then the next 50 and so on. It's not perfect, but this way you can see everyone who's online and unhidden without narrowing down your search.
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1000+? Wow, I've never had anything more than 50 or perhaps 60 show up, even when I know there's several hundred people on at the very least. There was always a notation at the bottom with something to the effect of "some results were filtered out", even when no additional search options were set. I guess there's an option somewhere that I've never noticed that may have been toggled on or off that removed that cap to end up with results like you had. If there is (or was), I guess that'd be the new thing for me to learn today, hehe.
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It'll only show 50 results, but if you click search again, it'll show the next 50, then the next 50 and so on. It's not perfect, but this way you can see everyone who's online and unhidden without narrowing down your search.
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This has been bugging me since GR has been released.. Why did they seemingly cap the player search at 50?
Did they ever give a reason? Is a temporary solution to a problem, or is it permanent?
I went through the patch releases notes and saw no mention of it, and my forum searches yielded no answer as well.. So I figured I'd just ask myself.
As Mister Horse would say;
"Hmmm... No sir, I don't like it!"