Default Loot Allocation working as intended?

I thought the whole point of being able to set this would be that new instances you create would have your default allocation set. It's not working like that. You have to create a party for the default to take effect. New instances outside of a party are still automatically set to Short Allocation regardless of your default setting. Seems pretty pointless if it's working as intended. Most people wanted to be able to set the default so that if you create an instance and then invite people in (because you found a master or something), the instance would have your preferred allocation.

Bumping back to page 1 in hopes of an answer.

Still hoping for an answer and I know I won't get one when this is 3 pages back.

Oh.. Guess my http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1095458 is not a valid bug report then if this is intended... But it completely beats the whole purpose if you ask me, if this is intended.

Completely agree with OP.

Thanks for the update, Henry! Good to know it's not quite working as intended and a fix is on the to do list!

Bumping this because I just ran into this.
Glad it's being worked on - hope it's high priority.