I'm kinda confused.

MMOs have never been about partying aside from "group" content.

The group content in this game is FATEs, dungeons, and raids.

Theres always been a mix of solo (questing, some grinding) and group content.

To answer your question no, I do like to party...but in a dungeon.

For social aspects, I have my tons of Linkshells and my FC and sometimes even shout chat.