Party Size

I think one of the challenges for C3 was the number of people at the table. 7/8 regular players just seemed like a lot to juggle through, and I think it affected the game in a variety of ways. For one, it made it difficult for each character to have time to shine; two, it bogged down combat; and three (and maybe this is a personal biased observation) but the split time between so many seemed to make some of the cast impatient--which added a layer of characters butting into interactions that didn't include them, or had them skipping ahead past what could have been bonding moments.

Controversially, a part of me kinda hopes that C4 will have less people at the table. 6, I think was a nice sweet spot and I think the fact that C1 and C2 both had long arcs wherein there were only 6 of them supports that. At the same time, I'm personally ambivalent about who I would have for the main 6. If pressed, I think I'd go for: Travis, Sam, Liam, Robbie, Marisha, and Ashley.

What do you guys think? and what would be your party composition?