[sirtrex]

Why would it be limited to event spaces? If your party leader is toggling it at random moments and can't make the party behave cause they're going all over the place while you're trying to travel it's 100% on them tbh

I think the ideas that each party member controls when they free move or not, but if they get too far away, they get kicked out of the party automatically.

That still doesn't make it something that could be bound only to event spaces though. It could get alot of use in them, but the option to use it seems like a net positive in most situations. Unless the person is dumb enough to wander off or goes AFK at least.

Perhaps a mixed strategy where a party leader has 3 options.
    Tight Formation: no free movement 
    Loose Formation: Free movement togglable by party members. Members allowed to wander within X distance of party lead.
    Open Formation: All party members are free move anywhere by default until the party leader changes the settings, but if a member moves beyond X range of a party lead they get autokicked.

Makes things a bit more complex, but doesn't seem that unworkable. At least from the player control side. Not sure how the game's code can handle it though.