I’ve read some of the posts by you guys (devs) and watched Richard Ham’s interview on Machinima and I think there’s a bit of a misunderstanding.
The way I see it, there are 2 kinds: in-game lobbies and party lobbies. The first type is what is currently in-game in the form of warm-up. The second is different, and is when you create a party with your friends before you even choose what game-mode you want to play. This second kind of lobby is what I believe people are asking for, and not the first.
You can’t really expect people to find a public game and then invite everyone they want to play with. It’s not reliable. People want to form these parties before joining any kind of server.