Quote Originally Posted by Icehunter View Post
I know you probably hear this alot; but why can't it be like GW2 where it doesn't matter who claims; everybody can get something independent of each other?

All public/group event's that aren't instance (basically most mobs/nm's) will drop something to you if you helped kill it; but the rarity factor affects that of course. ^^
This is how Rift's 'open world' events work, they're not without drama from some segment or other of the playerbase but generally I think it's preferable to the asinine camping situation XI suffered from and now sadly XIV is also following.