No SP when your to far from leader.

[Ayerc]

by too far away it should be reworded to "in a different zone"

No, not a different zone, even in the same one. If the party leader isn't within range of the mob itself, you can't claim or get SP for the kill. I.E. being at the Boulder Downs atheryte while the party is just to the east trying to fight a grass raptor.

I realize you can make a new party, and that's a simple work-around. The problem this thread is addressing is that we shouldn't have to work-around it. It makes no sense to be implemented the way it is. There's no way to exploit it and there's no advantage a party gets from it, so why is it even in place?

I agree with you though, you shouldn't get SP if you aren't near the mob. Hell, I'd prefer if you can't get SP if you took no action at all during the engagement (are on AFK auto-follow.)