Well, think of it this way. You are a actual hunter in a actual jungle... If someone shoots the deer you saw first or scares it away... That guy is a jerk, but it's not like the police are going to arrest him.

NPCs aren't owned by anyone. They own themselves if anything and have programming to defend themselves... :x

If they had to police the issue though, I'd prefer some magical moogle police come and carry way the people being jerks and tickle their feet with feathers for a few hours. That would work. Unless they enjoy that sort of thing...

The way this game has worked since 2.0 launch has been that it goes to who it goes to. For instance, i remember the fleece farming off sheep at launch was freaking brutal.