one thing people forget is that the party system is made more useful by the combo of euro players and skills they bring to the party
before the euro update party play was not a well used factor of game play, it was more solo training then anything else
after euro the value of party play came to be seen as it should
now the party is a valuable thing to be in, even in any combo you can get, even an all chinese party is better than solo training
plus the comradarie of being in a group makes the game much more enjoyable for most, even if you are not chat oriented
