Kleio

Regarding Hunting and Gathering. 

If I player claims 5 squares I accept that though I think it silly.  I claim the tiles next to any of my cities and any square I have sov on.  If a kill is occupied by my army it is mine.  The exception to that is if I attacked a square but someone else gets there first and I knock them off.  The kill is still the first player to the square.

I do not intentionally bump anyone else off a kill unless it is my kill next to my city or in my sov.  Accidents of timing happen.  Message me if we have a conflict.

I do not recognize a claim of more than 5 squares from a city unless the square is occupied or under sov.

If it is clear to me that a kill was made by a player, and not another npc, I leave it alone.  Occupied by troops or harvesters or gear on the square is how I tell if the kill is another player's.

This is not an exhaustive list of all that can happen and my response.  It does cover most of what happens I hope.