...since you will have to waste valuable time checking -every single room- in one area just to maybe/maybe not find someone in your range. Not everybody who plays this game has 5+ hours to dedicate to every logon session to do this. There are areas in the game that do this. Where and scan are both disabled that is. I would cry if this were done for the entire game. Which I'm glad it won't be.

Not only that if I'm in an area I'm unfamiliar with 'where' lets me see if someone else is in the area that I can ask for aid or directions. It's not only for PK purposes.