Party system is fundamentally flawed

I’ve said it before, but the most frustrating thing to me about this “game” is how fundamentally flawed (or just broken) the party system is. In a party of two, one person is ostensibly the leader. During a search, when that person backs out (because obviously no games are being found), why on earth is the other person still searching, but now on his own?? Guys, this is like matchmaking 101, circa 2004.

I’ve been playing a lot of Reach the last few weeks (for obvious reasons), and the difference in lobby/party functionality is astonishing. This really needs to get fixed.