A party is a group of random players who decide to join up for a while.
Advantages
In a party, you can work together as a group.
- You share experience with party members close to you
- You can kill together, since you share experience
- You can handle stronger monsters than you can handle on your own
- You can combine the skills of the party members to make great teams
Disadvantages
- In a party, you will get less experience from the monsters you kill. However, if everyone on the party uses their skills, you will be able to kill more monsters or to kill them faster.
- Some people act stupid and dont do what they're supposed to do, they just drag the party down
- When you go grinding somewhere else, you and your party won't share experience, so then a party is useless
- Even a 2 level difference can drop the strength of the party
Partychat
To chat in your party, you just have to put an @ and a space in front of your message. Only the people in your party will be able to read this chat. A shortcut to your partychat is just pressing 'Ctrl' and 'Enter' at the same time when you have your chatbox opened. Note: This will also work when you dont have any chatbox opened.
Player versus Player parties
In PvP, a party is most times the solution to defeat others. As a party, you will work together and you will stand stronger when you meet the enemy. Parties in PvP are mostly looking for certain classes, because a balanced party is stronger most of the times.
Boosting
Commonly used for fast leveling is boosting. This means you get in a party with someone who is 5 levels higher, when you won't get an experience penalty, but who can slay stronger monsters, which will give the person being lowest level very good experience.
Duo's
Duo's are 2-person parties, just made so 2 people can grind together while still getting reasonable experience, because it's just the two of them. The following duo's are most reccomendable:
- Warrior/Fighter and Oracle/Priest
- Warrior/Fighter and Warrior/Fighter
- Guardian/Defender and Hunter/Archer
- Guardian/Defender and Pagan/Mage
- Guardian/Defender and Oracle/Priest
- Assassin/Ranger and Hunter/Archer
- Assassin/Ranger and Pagan/Mage
FAQ
How do I start a party?
Simply go near a player from the same faction and right click him/her. Click the 'Invite to Party' and the player will get an invite. If the player accepts the invite, you are party leader and you have your own party.
You may also go to normal chat and type "/party <players name>" if your not close enough to invite, but they must be in the same map. You can also type "/join <players name> to join a persons party though use this wisely because you can make a lot of people mad by just joining.
I can't invite
Check if you're party leader. If so, then I would buy a new mouse. If not, ask to be granted party leader and then you can invite/kick people.
My party disappeared
It's most likely you were kicked out of the party or the party was disbanded. If you don't know why, just try to whisper an ex-partymember and ask him/her.
How do I leave a party?
Right click your portrait and you will see three options, one of which is to leave the party. Another option is to ask to get kicked out of the party.
Note: The following method was described here before I edited, I don't if the game changed since it was written but the method didn't work for me.
Go to the row where you see your party members and right click your own name. You target yourself now and you see the leave party link.