Quote Originally Posted by KoujiGeki View Post
Im just frustrated that SE isnt even trying to find happy mediums.
I really hope they do since I agree with you that parties are sometimes a lot of fun. Some of my fondest memories from 1.0 are from killing cactuars near Horizon to level and inviting people that came by. I got to know a lot of my in game friends that way and in one case the party we formed there continued over a week all the way to getting to 50 in Natalan as we all got to know each other along the way.

Having said that I also pride myself on doing all the quests so for me it is really important that there is a combination of both.