Originally Posted by
Richard
There is an easy way to counter this claim hold method when another person/linkshell does it against you. When the NM becomes passive you can aggro said NM briefly before it becomes passive again (yet still claimed to the dead body). Run up and get its attention and immediately move away so it keeps stepping towards you. When you pull it far enough away from the dead body holding it, it will reset it's threat list and it will go unclaimed.
We were successfully able to drag it away from the linkshell that did this to us and eventually initiated a claim on it, killing it right in front of them. I do agree that this claiming system is atrocious and needs to be fixed, but not all hope is lost in these circumstances :)