Every party I've been in so far we've gone off on our own and killed what we could, only converging with the big zerf fest if: 1) a Star popped or 2) enough people left that we couldn't progress alone anymore (from losing the tank, mainly), but could still get kill credit or 3) so few people were left in the party that we couldn't get credit at all so, I switch to a gatherer and follow the zerg around so I can gather unmolested until time runs out.

I still like the concept and we do need to remember that this is an experimental work in progress, but I do think everyone camping on one island and murdering everything in sight kind of undermines the spirit of the content. I'm sure SE expected us to work together to kill Stars, but I'm fairly confident they didn't intended for the mass genocide that's already happening. Hopefully they address that in the future.