KI-popped-NM Stealing

[Sama]

This is happening almost every second throughout the A zones I find it's very upsetting:

You spent hours to get KI; popped the NM, KI is lost, but during the fight the NM went unexpectedly unclaimed for whatever reasons and all the sudden some greedy thief steals it.

I had one time helping friend to fight Rani, at the very last moment I was KOed BUT the rest of the alliance are not. All the sudden, a mnk, who has been standing around watching and waiting for this moment, chi'ed it and finished it off with 2H.

I understand that this is 'fair' for the free timed pop NM, but people have spent time to the farmed KI just like getting seals for burning circles and it should not be stolen during the fight.

Here is my suggestion you some of you thief may find disturbing:

KI-popped NM: Only the party who traded the KIs can engage; the NM will go de-pop when the party is wiped or simply decided withdraw from battle.

Time/Free popping NM: Just as you expected, if you failed then anyone can claim it.

This is just a rough proposal and therefore requires further discussion.

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SE and forum please advise.

[JiltedValkyrie]

Somebody else should have had hate.

[Sama]

Somebody else should have had hate.

Half of the alliance does, NM got stolen AND it's still hit the mages a few times.

[Bulrogg]

We had a similar situation happen on Briareus. After he used his 2hr we spread out to avoid his mega slam and he went yellow from being to far away and disengaging. Before we could reclaim another party had gotten claim on him but Briareus continued to pick us off and didn't turn to the other party until he finished us off.

[rog]

If the person who last acted on the mob dies, then everyone else should start casting/voking asap, before it goes yellow. No need to make a thread crying because not one person in your alliance thought to do that.

[Tamoa]

Why make a new thread when there is an almost identical one on
page 1 of this forum section?: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ne-Is-Not-Dead

[Sama]

If the person who last acted on the mob dies, then everyone else should start casting/voking asap, before it goes yellow. No need to make a thread crying because not one person in your alliance thought to do that.

That greedy monk stood there I bet he spam voke like shit through out the whole fight.

[Sama]

Why make a new thread when there is an almost identical one on
page 1 of this forum section?: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ne-Is-Not-Dead

This thread only involved with KI-poping NM.

[Dew]

Even if he did stand there and spam it, would take 2 actions to claim if it still had hate on the ally.

[Eeek]

NMs only go yellow when something goes seriously wrong, and I'm sure the claim system code is so old and fundamental to how everything else works that fiddling with said code could set off waves of unintended effects throughout the game.

I'm afraid the only practical solution is to Suck Less. Or for the BSTs and SMNs out there (who do have legitimate problems with the claim system), try to find duo partners for contested NMs or suck it up and take the risk of losing an NM during pet swaps.