Quote Originally Posted by 'shaeman',index.php?page=Thread&postID=176525#post 176525
You view it so negatively - but perhaps they are just trying to help you kill the damn thing.

They've seen you standing there for half an hour at a time - throwing everything you've got at that evil target dummy and still you haven't killed it.

LOL, too funny. And, yet, probably so true.

I don't think everyone has really learned their purpose. Normally the dummies are just standing there in the corner all by themselves, so people ignore them. But when someone else is "fighting" it, maybe they join in to see if they gain something from it. Maybe it magically buffs you if you fight it a little bit, or unlocks an achievement! If nothing else, probably just the novelty of having attacked it at least once if they haven't before.