I've spent quite a lot of time around the edges of swamp camp areas over the years, including very recently while doing the puny missions myself. (And yes, I sweat all the mobs before I kill them, as I'm also skilling up Tailoring on the Lesser Elysia bp)
So while I may not have been there, this type of interaction is something I've seen repeated over and over, as new players join the game.
Pulling a bigger gun and one-shotting mobs is a very typical reaction of an 'older' player who can afford the loss associated with overkill to drive home their message.
I think you might be confused between gaining defensive skills from a mob and say sweating it.There's also the possibility the skiller was sucking all the defensive skills out of the mob and then abandoning them for others to kill, which I don't think is a fair practice.
A player can sweat a mob dry, and with a little practice, abandon it by dodging around shrubbery, leaving a dry mob on the field for someone else to kill (which can be annoying for other sweaters).
However, a player can't 'suck all the defensive skills out of a mob', like they can with sweat. If he were to 'abandon' it, the mob will still give defensive skills to other players - the limitation on skillgain only applies to him, not everyone else.
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