I don't understand why you can add, remove and invite people from your Friend's List from anywhere in the game, yet Linkshells are restricted to "in your face" only. It seems like it's the same basic concept.

I get that we have been given an answer, but it's pretty inexcusable that this has been an issue since Closed Beta. We are playing an MMORPG that barely allows the playerbase to group together. No one is looking for an overhaul right now, the players simply desire the same basic functionality that already exists in the game in a different form.