User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Towns and Villages/@comment-5043481-20120827142740

What happened to the gathering halls. In the kototo one you could have 16 people in one room (still the 4 person quest limit though) but in later games it was reduced to 4. Why is this? in Loc lac 16 people in the city would be so much better, it would look more like a bustling city and you wouldn't have to go on quests with the same bunch of idiots if you made a bad choice of party.