If you play the game without add-ons then when you are in scenarios the game only shows your own party, and not the other 1-5 parties also in the scenario. The core UI actually has options to show the other parties while in a scenario but they are so hidden/obscure that most people - new or not - don't even realise the option is there. The instructions to show those parties are:
1) Press the white flag icon by the minimap:
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The Solution
I have found the offending line of code in Mythic's default interface files. In "interface\default\ea_scenariogroupwindow\source\scenariogroupwindow.lua", line 335 is:
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local pressed = ScenarioGroupWindow.GroupWindowSettings.floatingVisibility[index] or false
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local pressed = ScenarioGroupWindow.GroupWindowSettings.floatingVisibility[index] or true
Impact on Existing Characters
None. This setting is not only saved between scenarios but is also saved between logins, so all existing characters should have the visibility of those windows set to false/hidden by default and changing the line above will not affect this. All that will happen is that if you make a new character (or delete all of your UI settings for an existing character) and join a scenario then you will need to turn off these windows once, assuming you're not importing a UI from another character that already has them hidden. You then don't have to worry about it again.
Also, the setting is saved per-character so you don't need to worry about making new characters and have the change above mess up your UI on your existing characters.
The upside is that new players making their new characters will have access to the full scenario group information by default, which is a Good Thing. Telling new players to install a giant add-on pack like Enemy just to get this information which is available in the game (just very well-hidden... no pun intended) shouldn't be the main answer, especially when there is already an existing option which can be made far more visible (again no pun intended) with a trivial change to the UI code.