FATE system

[SodRansom]

I'm mostly in favor of parties if you're joining a FATE with a bunch of your friends. Graphically it makes it easier for healing too.

So many people complaining about the lack of community in this game, and then those wanting FATEs to be more self-oriented doesn't really help towards this cause.

Yeah, I think this would be fun as well. Being in a party with your friends definitely makes you feel more united and enhances the community sort of feel. I think this could be combined though with what mbncd was saying. You can enhance that community feeling even more by making spell healing/buffs and group oriented job abilities not just available to your party, but to everyone involved in the fight. The whole "party" thing to me should be more just hanging out together, not an actual strategic group that needs to be perfectly balanced in order to succeed in the fight.

[mbncd]

Yeah, I think this would be fun as well. Being in a party with your friends definitely makes you feel more united and enhances the community sort of feel. I think this could be combined though with what mbncd was saying. You can enhance that community feeling even more by making spell healing/buffs and group oriented job abilities not just available to your party, but to everyone involved in the fight. The whole "party" thing to me should be more just hanging out together, not an actual strategic group that needs to be perfectly balanced in order to succeed in the fight.

Yes, exactly.