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→The Party System
In D3 there is no more party system, since the hostility option has been removed. (There will be dueling and [[PvP]] in special games for that purpose, but it's not going to be an option in regular, [[PvM]] games.) The D3 Team found that it was pointless to have a additional party system menu with invitations and joining required, so they simply removed that option. All players in the same PvM game in D3 are in the same party, by default.
==Maximum Party Size==
The [[D3 Team]] has not yet committed to a maximum game size for Diablo III. The issue is still open to debate, but the developers have said 4 or 5 characters will likely be the maximum. This is a drop from the 8 allowed in Diablo II games, and it's entirely due to gameplay, rather than technical issues.
D3 could allow 8 or 16 players in a game, but in playtesting the team found that more than 4 or 5 was too many. More characters didn't fit easily onto the screen, the spell effects were too visually-overwhelming, the party split into two or three groups, and the general play experience was degraded.
Jay Wilson quoted from the game's debut press conference. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/06/28/diablo-iii-design-panel/]
::''Though the team hasn't decided how many people will be in a group, Wilson said to expect four to five players.
[[Jay Wilson]], October 17, 2008[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-press-conference-with-jay-wilson/]:
::''Q: Is four people multiplayer games set in stone?''<br>
::A: It grows more and more set all the time. In Diablo 2, eight player games are very uncommon, and they wouldn’t be in the same party or the like and we have just found that it’s not as fun as with four people. We have the ability to set any number we want, but four seems to work out very well.
* For a detailed discussion of the pros and cons of maximum party size limits, check [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/on-the-drawing-board-11-maximum-party-size/ this recent On the Drawing Board] article.
==No More Hostility==
