Quote Originally Posted by Cutie_McSnuggles View Post
I never played XI so I'm confused how FATE parties are essentially the same thing.
From what I understand, leveling up in FFXI was a LOT slower than FFXIV and since FFXI practically required you to find other people to do almost anything in the game, people would form parties purely for EXP per hour gains. Since FFXIV makes leveling up almost trivial, asking for a party just to EXP farm isn't even needed unless you want to lessen the boredom.