Party size reduction a good change?

[Visch]

Or just make endgame that is just as challenging for 8 people at a time.

I'm pretty sure this is Yoshsida's intention. I can't remember if it was in an interview or the letter where he mentioned a lot of MMOs are going from huge guilds to a small close knit group of friends/etc. and that was the direction he felt like going.

You didn't need to party up for dynamis, or campaign. They might add something similar to an XI alliance later. If they're willing to do this then it will probably be adjusted. I can't imagine everything later on in the game is only going to need 8 people lol.

What I do like is now all those failure LSs that shouldn't be fighting NMs to begin with have to learn how to actually play the game right or wipe to rage!