Honestly, I think that being able to invite someone to your party from any area would be a great help to the functionality of this game. Some people say that it will cause the Nexus Cape to become abused, but hey, we payed $30 bucks for that thing! Let's abuse it!
As for expanding the range of the cape, this might also be an idea for SE to look into. Besides areas that have no map, I see no reason for it not to work in all other areas. Increasing the functionality of the cape would probably also increase the rate of purchase for the three expansion mini-packs. So why not, SE?
