Players connot join the party while you are engaged in combat

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

There is no issue with simply allowing /pcmd while in combat. The only features it truly adds is being able to recover d/c'd members. And to be able to reach max party limit - Something which the content is designed around.

This is completely wrong. I can think of a handful of reasons you shouldn't be able to add anyone mid-combat just off the top of my head and that is without considering future content at all.