Yeah, I used to try to pull together groups of randoms just for the challenge of it, but now I just wait until my friends are online and farm with them. They know what they're doing and farming goes like clockwork. Also I don't have to wonder if it's my fault when things fail (for not selecting the right group, because I was being nice and wanted to give someone a chance and then they fail on me), or explain to some level 48 scarab bow bird who joins why I don't really want him there (really is there even any nice way of dealing with that situation? Sometimes it feels like the motto is, "be nice, farm efficiently - choose one").

Btw we've got to get together for farming at some point. Seemes I just happen to be in games already whenever you get started, and vice versa... We'll get the timing right one of these days, I swear.