Quote Originally Posted by Dhalmel View Post
It's because we didn't have the player search till almost a year after release. Players became used to shouting for groups.

There's also the WoW players too, quite a bit of are current XIV community never played XI.
I have yet to meet a single person in FFXIV that hasn't played FFXI. One of the first things I ask people when playing with them and getting to know them is what server did you play FFXI on.