Stories that focus on the individual should never require parties.

[Andrien]

Nah - I disagree.

I like party-based content - especially for story-line content; which is why I play a Massively Multi-player Online RPG.

I mean, it is unfortunate that some players have a harder time than others finding friends/buddies that'll play a game with them but ... *shrugs* c'est la vie I suppose o.O

You must be new to the MMO world. There is solo content and there is group content. They go together to appeal everyone needs.