Oh boy, this is a whole can of worms I had hoped I never saw again.

Having played FFXI at endgame, and having been a member of endgame LS's that did successfully kill popular NM's and HNM's on multiple occasions, I have first-hand experience of so-called "competition".

The fact that there was competition didn't bother me. What bothered me was the fact that it was so dirty. Just because one LS claimed a mob before you meant others had to do their best to lag you out or MPK you (while such a thing was possible). It was bad enough /blockaid had to be put into the game. If your party had a number of members wipe, regardless whether you could regroup and still potentially finish the fight, other LS's would do their best to rip the mob off you.

The second such mobs are placed in this game, these issues will re-occur, and there will be a lot of drama and bad blood. It's no longer about skill/ability at that point, because if you throw enough muppets at a NM, eventually it will still go down (crude analogy, but you know what I mean - probably).

It's because of prior trouble such as this that SE have been asking about instancing fights. I'm not a major fan of instancing, but it does stop irritating intrusion by other players that have few manners and little sense, but a lot of greed and arrogance.