Even still, that dreaded 31002 is the most feared notorious monster of them all. :P
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Was asked a few pages back, I can confirm 30+ claims in a row against two different JP shells that we just walked up to and camped on, THEY HAVE NO ADVANTAGES WITH THE SERVERS BEING CLOSER. There is NO claim delay, you can aoe claim a mob before it even graphically loads and get the whole ffxi "IT SPAWNED PURPLE WTF BOTS" to the other players.
Now if this changes in 2.0 IDK, but as it stands now, the ones with the most numbers and the ones who stagger aoe claim abilites, warmonger, shield something level 40 or even standard tab provoke will win.
that not bad behavior of players, thats good ol' competition people are afraid of theses days like you. no ones name is on the NM you just need to be first to claim it.
this is the behavior of open world content.
this is literally why SE wants to focus almost entirely on instanced areas so this does not happen.
most people who want open world content enjoy what just happened to you because they want the competition. those people see it as good competative gameplay.
I have a macro for claiming that goes something like this: /targetnpc /ac "Taunt II" /ac "Provoke II" /ac "Disorient". Now, if standing directly in front of the mobs' spawn point, holding down the Alt key and spamming the number 1 isn't going to outclaim, then I don't know what will.