Current Behavior
A player cannot join a party which consists of a combination of friends or friend(s) and other player(s).
Desired Behavior/Suggestion
A player can join a party in which a friend on their friends’ list is playing from the Social (H) screen and/or main menu.
An additional related feature request (possibly a dependency), would be the ability for party leaders to manage whether their party is openly joinable, requires approval of requests, or is closed, etc.
Reasoning
Many ARPGs in the space along with numerous other games have this functionality. It is a convenient way to get into the game more quickly, rather than having to hunt down a friend and get the party lead to toss you an invitation. This is a feature many players from other games are familiar with and would find to be a quality of life improvement.