The above commenter vanished, but the response would be:

I honestly don't think they made the FT for the broad audience - or even casuals like myself who from time to time are invested in High End play through the Party Finder - but more likely to the same demographic to the Baldesion Arsenal back in Eureka.

I feel it worked much better back then because people had already so much to sink their teeth into with Eureka. Going through the lengths to make/join a BA party, which only featured in the very last installment, felt more like a bonus than an integral part of the existence of the zone.