Originally posted by DarthTanyon:

I never understood people who use trolls to mine copper and now aboms to mine iron.. do you also use golems to mine silver for you? Like.. just use the tools at your disposal.. it's almost like people love to create challenge for challenges sake or something.

Some people like to try to bypass bosses as a challenge. Some get a kick out of facing an opponent with low level gear (like stone age weapons and tools against a troll).