Quote Originally Posted by Mijin View Post
Yep, I don't know why they didn't just make it like FFXI. It's one of the many things that makes me wonder what the original design team could have been thinking.
That was not the original design team. It was not always possible to attack claimed monsters in XIV. Also, in the past, you could not heal or buff parties that were in combat with notorious monsters. XIV at first was just like XI claim.