Party

Duty Roulette feature of Duty Finder that automatically form parties

A party is a group of players. Players can form a party to tackle many group activities such as Dungeons, Trials, FATEs, Guildhests, Treasure Hunts and certain quests. Players can use the Duty Finder to automatically form parties across the servers for many duties. Additionally, players can use the Party Finder to form parties with specific goals by filtering players with certain requirements.

A Light Party usually^[1] consists of 4 players while a Full Party consists of 8 players. An alliance consists of 3 full parties or 24 players.

Types of Parties

Light Party

A Light Party consist of 4 players, typically 1 Tank / 1 Healer / 2 DPS. Nearly all of the Dungeons, Guildhests, and low level Trials are designed for a light party.

PvP

The current Light Party content is Crystalline Conflict, consisting of two teams of 5 players each.

Full Party

A Full Party consist of 8 players, typically 2 Tanks / 2 Healers / 4 DPSes. Normal Raids along with all the endgame Trials are designed for a full party.

Alliance

Alliances consist of 3 full parties of 24 players. The role mix is different for alliances:^[2] three separate Full Parties of 1 Tank / 2 Healers / 5 DPSes. Alliance Raids are the primary content for this party type.

PvP

Alliance role mixes are not enforced in PvP.

Frontline is the primary alliance raid PvP content, consisting of three teams of 24 players (3 Full Parties per team).
Rival Wings refers to its twelve (six for each team) Light Party-sized team units as "Alliances".

Party Members

The Party Members window may be found in the Party Menu. It is a tab of the Social window. It contains the following information:

Current Online Status icon
Player name
Search Comment
Class or Job
Current location
Free Company (left blank in duties)
Languages available and the current client language the party member is using (indicated by an underline).

Opening the subcommand menu on a party member's name (right-clicking on a name using mouse/keyboard) will allow one to view their Adventurer Plate, view their Search Info, or to initiate a Vote Dismiss on them. Opening the subcommand menu on your name will allow you to edit your Search Info and set your Search Comment.

The active Party Bonus is indicated at the bottom of the window. This is a bonus to all Attributes varying from 1% to 5% according to the diversity of roles in the current party. For example, a party with a PLD, WHM, BLM, and PCT will gain a bonus of 3% - one for Tank, one for Healer, and one for Magical Ranged.

Tools

Duty Finder

Duty Roulette

Party Finder

Others

Player Commendation

Notes

↑ From a game mechanics standpoint, a party of 2 to 7 players is considered a "light party", though almost all light party content is designed and balanced for 4 players.
↑ As of at least Patch 2.3 and the release of Syrcus Tower. When The Labyrinth of the Ancients was added in Patch 2.1, it used the same Full Party composition as other duties.

[1] From a game mechanics standpoint, a party of 2 to 7 players is considered a "light party", though almost all light party content is designed and balanced for 4 players.

[2] As of at least Patch 2.3 and the release of Syrcus Tower. When The Labyrinth of the Ancients was added in Patch 2.1, it used the same Full Party composition as other duties.

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