I don't think anyone overlooked that so much as those working on relics or the 100k gil from leve history didn't think too much of it since faction leves outside of that have been largely useless xD.

Also for people so concerned about not hitting mobs.... You can calm chocobo's down to restore HP. I am sure thats sufficient if you are unable to hit mobs because you cannot react fast enough.
I'm sorry..how many caravans have you done? a BLM (or two) can burn down the entire group of enemies before they get anywhere near the chocobo..you can't restore the HP of a chocobo whose HP is already full xD.