Quote Originally Posted by Mikita View Post
Again, there is nothing to stop people from forming smaller parties as the game stands before Patch 1.17.

I don't care what other games do. I play FFXIV to have fun with my friends, who happen to number a lot more than 8 people.

For FFXIV it's obviously not a technical limitation. They are just trying to appease people who complain, and are simply being too reactive here.
True, there is nothing stopping from forming smaller parties, but humans are opportunists. If they can do something, they will do it. If they can make 15 man parties, they will, just because they can. If they can jump, they will...just because they can. I'm in favor of the cap, in most aspects, because leve links usually cap after 3-4 links, so there is not really any point to have 15 people, unless you just want to play with friends. I'm all for people playing with their friends, but you don't have to be in a party with 14 friends at all times. This also brings up another question, with the old party cap, what will happen to the people that have more than 14 friends? Why could they not party with their friends? I have 37 friends...why can't I play with all of them at once? See my issue?