Xasten, first of all, I wanted to say that I always enjoy your level-headed, rational, and well-thought out posts, so for that I commend you. Not speaking on behalf of my guild, I rather like your proposed mechanic of forcing a guild/raid to commit to the target and then a shout from the target identifying the first to commit (FTC).
For the outdoor dragons that are typically pulled, to prevent jockeying for aggro /ping-ponging during the entire pull, I would say an FTE shout is needed to identify who tagged first (different from the vague aggro message currently used which does not identify a player). The only remaining issue would be "is that dragon being kited"?
Would you propose a generally agreed upon timer (3 mins? 5 mins? varies by target?) between FTE shout and FTC shout after which the FTE shout is reset and the target is open to being yanked from the puller? It may change where raids set up camp to pull to, but it will take the guesswork out of who was ready to commit to the mob first and simplify encounter log review and intervention after-the-fact by GMs, who I'm sure have better things to do.
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