My best fight so far was the thunder troll in Sparkfly Swamp. Tried it solo: not a hope :-( Did some heart stuff and then went back. Two or three others had turned up and I joined in. We few, we happy few, spent about ten minutes slowly grinding him down. We kept our range, we did our thing: I poisoned and fired arrows from range, a mesmer(?) chained him down keeping him away from the rest of us. The team, which had come together by chance, worked as a good team should: we all fought to our strengths and there was real synergy. I felt a real sense of achievement in taking him down…. and then we went our separate ways.
^Same as mine
I stumbled across this area and noticed an adventurer taking him on, kiting away from his downed fellow. I jumped in the fray, drew my pistols, and began circling the troll…both of us on opposing sides, aggro switching back and forth as we kept the circle. This went on for ~15 minutes or so as we slowly whittled him down. When he finally fell, we both let out shouts of congratulations, high-fives, respectful bows, and commented on each of our tactics as we rezzed his friend…a few minutes later we said our goodbyes and headed off in different directions.
The thing I love the most about this game is the impromptu nature of groups, adventuring out into the unknown and coming across a random event, encounter, battle of some sort, where you may face things alone to start, but are joined by fellow travelers seeking the same thrill as you – you join together, work as a team, accomplish the goal, then part.
It doesn’t always happen, but when it does…this is why I enjoy playing.
