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.