Hello,

Thank you for your feedback regarding this concern. We are indeed aware of this behavior/mechanic. Development will be deciding how this will be addressed. As usual, please refer to the Official Final Fantasy XIV Lodestone site http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/index.html for any updates or adjustments.
If you would like to provide any additional feedback about claiming mechanics, please feel free to search or create a thread in the general discussion section to post in.

Thank you,
SQUARE ENIX Moderator