Thread: Will they ever get rid of eidolon aura only working for friends

The short answer is no.
The long answer is it is integral for their buisness strategy to have people make friends, therefore they persuade people to do so by pressuring people to make friends. I won't bore you with the economics.

My biggest peeve with the system is if a friend is inactive for a period of time, they don't show up on the summons list at all.