I know I am too nice of a guy...however, I did not know the proper etiquette for the situation. I went through the first arena with a fellow knight. Said knight decided that he did not want to go further in the arena.
The question is:
should I have kicked him?
should he have left the party?
or should he have gone solo?
(Is there another option?)
(If you're wondering, I went down to the next level since I feel bad about kicking people unless they are afk without a good reason. No free mats for you!)
Learning...
If you didn't need your heat you should have just went solo yourself. You can still go solo even if you are the leader.