I'm not saying Key whoring is completely gone, definitely not. But getting the positions are not exactly as easy as they used to be. Before you just had to shout or jump into a group and you were in it now you kinda have to know somebody, except for a few acceptions in which they just allow anyone off the street to do it. Mostly you are the key whore because you made the party, your LS made the party so they let you key whore, or your friends allow you to key whore.

Yet on Odin for instance, its not as keen as it used to, I had my cousin try to key whore his alt. char. and the party kept giving him shit about his alt. being there. And I've heard of as well as been apart of many other instances in which this was the case. Most parties (on Odin) are pushing limits on who is acceptable to bring into the party these days rather then picking up just any 30, again I'm not saying its completely gone, I'm saying its not as crazy as it used to be. Its still around, just not as much.