Claim system, should it really dissappear?

[Mr_Gyactus]

In your letter, the blurb (Examination and implementation of changes to claiming and engaging enemies) was mentioned as well as in the players poll about possibly rewarding multiple parties for bringing a monster down - Players are worried this means the world will become "free-for-all", can you explain these in detail?

We're going to make a lot of bigger battles, where lots of players will be involved in these large-scale battles. In these large-scale battles there will be multiple parties on the field. If you have a system where only one party can claim something, then other parties won't even be able to come in and help. Or to get them to come in and help, you have to have another special system to allow them to come in and help, and it just becomes to complex. So we want to have a system where it's easy to have another team to come in and help someone that's maybe in trouble.

In the future there's going to be more instanced type stuff. With the more instanced type stuff there is, the less need you have for the claim system. Because you're going to have your hardcore players who have a lot, and you're going to have your players who don't play a lot as well, to give everybody equal chances to get into battles and do what they want to do. Having that claim system there preventing it is not something that we like. We'd rather for it to be more open.

This came from an interview, http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/30254...ida-interview/
I hope this will correct the shot in the discussion.

[JayvirDeforte]

This came from an interview, http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/30254...ida-interview/
I hope this will correct the shot in the discussion.

That quote is stupid IMO. I understand that they are in control of the game but to have it open season just for the reasons listed is dumb. There are plenty of normal mobs out there that the casuals can get. Hell, even farming in Broken Water on Doblyns can support several dozen people. There is no need to make it completely open. If they do, I still want a /help command to allow it or at least make NMs and such claimable. The last thing I want to "stolen" loot by someone who was given it out of pity because they cant play a lot.