I tried finding lost ffxi friends when 2.0 came out but no luck :<
I started on Seraph then switched to Odin on ffxi and then met my friends who still play ffxiv. I do wish I could get in touch with two people though from my first server
^^ this thread is such a wonderful idea so I suppose trying again wont hurt

Game: FFXI
Timeframe: 2005-2006?
My characters name: Hatoko
Friends names: Eli (can't remember the whole name but their real name was Andrew) and Legionnaire
Server: Seraph