Party quest exp buffs

In the "Let's talk about channels" thread, one interesting point to note is that party quests are seldom done on the server. IMO, this is because grinding for characters with mobbing skills tend to be faster than PQs. As far as I know, the exp rate for this server are 2x for mob kills and 3x for quest exp. However, there is no boost to the exp gotten from completing stages at PQs. This may explain why it is often favorable for people to grind instead.

May I suggest a buff to the exp gotten from completing stages, be it 2x or 3x so that PQs are better than just solo grinding? This will encourage more party play in the server instead of mindlessly grinding. Also, since people will be doing less PQs overall within the level range because of this exp boost, is it possible to lower the number of PQs needed to obtain the PQ eqps (Glasses/squishy shoe/earrings)?

Disclaimer: I have never done PQs because I realised that grinding is just much faster than PQs and it's troublesome to find a party to do it.

 

From what I know, PQs are mostly deserted except for the odd party or so which takes rather long to form. Since it is a form of "grinding" that promotes party play and foster friendships, would it not be a good alternative to questing which is mostly solo play? Perhaps instead of 3x PQ exp, it can be lowered to 2x instead? At least something that will make PQ-ing more favourable to pure grinding.

I'm not sure if there is a ton of waiting time due to the lack of early-game people or because simply grinding is way more efficient than PQ-ing. I've seen several people in my guild asking for PQ mates to no avail. However, I must confess that I'm not too in touch with the PQ community so I would like more inputs from them. I have very limited PQ experiences because I found out that grinding is simply faster.

Keeping PQ stage exp at 2x may be a good balance between being slightly slower than questing for levels (I'm totally unsure as to how fast this is as I did pure grinding) and better/faster than pure grinding. Again, as I did the pure grinding route as a cleric and self leeching as an intsair, I would like feedback regarding this. If PQs were as good as they are, wouldn't there be more people doing them? Having no information, I'll assume that there really isn't enough early-game people.

However, as mentioned by NagaDivine , if the overall purpose of the "Let's talk about channels" thread was to recruit and retain new players, wouldn't buffing PQs, which create a sense of community the best way to go about doing so? I know several people who made friends with their LPQ mates and still continue to be friends even till today.

Tldr, PQs promote party play which fosters community, possible buff to PQs to promote PQ-ing over individual play such as grinding and make it seem that server is crowded.