It's customary to wait when someone has been disconnected. If you're looking to kick someone as soon as they DC, then I am glad that they've put a mandatory time limit to prevent people from doing that.
If you have four points in AA and use Hastening Light (along with the offhand), will your party members still have a 10% AP gain? I currently play an ACDC with a Virtuous setup (DC named Seraphine) and I don't feel like my healing abilities are lacking. I use DG/HW/BoH and I'm wondering about the use of AA (fully specced)…