Party Play Experience and Feedback

I convinced my brother and a friend to play Path of Exile 2. I've had a great time solo, but the experience in a party has been painful at the best of times.


Loot -
It is way too easy to accidentally click on someone else's loot during combat and then all the loot becomes a free-for-all. This could be fixed with a toggle disabling shared loot.


Player Collision -
Getting stuck on other players and having to roll through them feels like a step backward versus solo play. This could be fixed by removing the collision box for friendly players either globally or within combat zones.


Boss Battle -
These are excruciating. The experience has been that all of us are fine solo, but fighting a boss in a party seems to more than double the health of the boss. This could be fixed by keeping boss defenses the same and increasing hit points only by the number of party members.


Hideout -
Other players can't use the Map Device in your hideout. This could be fixed by having the Map Device function in the same manner as the one in the Guild Hideout.


Maps -
Maps seem almost exclusively designed for solo play. You can't revive other players in a map and there are no benefits to doing them in a party. This could be fixed by awarding tokens for participating in the maps of other players. A token could either be used to unlock your own maps instantly or as a special upgrade to waystones.

Another thing that would be cool is a guild map that can be accessed and expanded by any other player in the guild. Maybe there are guild-specific benefits to doing this so it doesn't cancel out solo maps.


Visibility -
Projectiles and skill effects can easily take over the screen. In solo play, they look fantastic. In party play, it is a hot mess. This could be fixed by limiting the amount of effects visible on the screen when in a party or having party skills appear as shadows instead of the same bright effects as the player.


There is a system for grouping with other players. It shouldn't feel like a step backward to play with my friends. Playing in a party should, ultimately, feel like an even more fun experience and it just doesn't right now. Would love to know more about how this is being addressed.