I have read all the fixes for the party issue, and they don't always work. When I try to send an invite to friends sometimes it says they are offline (yet they are msging me ) I'm not saying this game is broke or not great, it is AWESOME but when im unable to play with friends, or it takes 20 mins to party up it becomes aggravating. Single player is absolutely mind blowing (possibly best campaign mode of any game I've ever played). I hope they fix the party by Fri and this game will be just about perfect (need some clan support).
All in all this games release is leaps and bounds ahead of my favourite game that has been around for a year.... So the only thing that will bring me back to SOCOM is cold front, oh wait we need 1.60 first :-\