Dumb restrictions are dumb. Either it should auto-party you up with anyone who is doing it, or it should not work this way. Can you imagine? You get to the end of caravan, and jerk-leader ousts you from the party... Don't think it wont happen anymore than the above example. Some people like to piss people off when given opportunities like this.

And since I know you CAN attack mobs and heal the chocos without being in a pt, WHY the arbitrary rule??