I do not know specifically why the search function is not working properly. Telamon did post this right after our host had issues. I will prompt him to check again with the host. Thank you
Just heard back from the "Telamon" He is still working on the table, I believe where the Search Index is stored. It was corrupted during our Host's outage. Said table is NOT cooperating and is taking longer to rebuild than expected. Telamon is actively working on it and hopes to have Search functioning again real soon. The real kind, not the Soon(TM) normally used Thank you for your Patience !
I will ask again, but I suspect our lone Database Recovery Specialist @Chris has been tasked with higher priority items... anniv and scav hunt
As expected, the search index has dropped in priority due to higher priority things including anniversary event. In the meantime, here is a work around to search our forums through Google. Prepend (means put in front) site:uorforum.com then your search terms. In the example below I searched for skinned goat