XBox One: Violynne B (with a space)
I just did my first strike yesterday. I started off with two fire team members who didn't stay (one left at the 3 runes gate and the other during the tank battle), leaving me all by myself to finish off the tank. It took about 10 minutes, only because its health was already low. Just stay in the tunnel on the right side, and boom... down it went.
This left me all alone with Septimus. About mid-way through its yellow health bar, two more people showed up, but I guess the battle was too lame for their level 22 skills, and they bolted after they required a few respawns from yours truly. This left me alone again. Good. I like it this way.
I kid you not, about 10 seconds prior to delivering the final blow, two more showed up, but they quickly took cover. I just unleashed my machine gun for the kill, and down it went.
When the summary screen popped up, I had over 400 kills, and two loot rewards. The others had 0 kills, 0 assists, and no loot, all because they showed up in time to get the exp and Vanguard bonuses. I should have had it all, but I know the game doesn't do that.
A few minutes later, I got a message: "YOU BEAT THAT THING BY YOURSELF????" (exactly how it was written). I replied back, "Yep. Not to hard when you stay covered. Just took forever."
I got a reply back: "THAT'S SOME SH**! BE ON MY TEAM NEXT TIME. I'LL FRIEND YOU." (I guess he likes caps).
Never got the request.
I also got my first hate message. Apparently, as the last guardian standing, it was my duty to revive my team. I don't ever revive team members if I'm the last. It's suicide. Instead, I just stay under cover for 30 seconds. This prevents the Darkness screen, that's for sure, yet I never see anyone else do this when I'm down. They always try to revive as last guardian.
So if you're playing, take this with you: if you're the last guardian standing, duck and cover and wait 30 seconds. It's better than dying and having to restart.
I wrote the person back explaining this, they finally got the message with the reply "That makes sense. Sorry."
I will say this, if you're thinking of teaming up with me: I play as support. I generally run around taking out the smaller enemies while you focus on the big one. Of course, if you don't know I do this, it's pretty hard to establish a plan of attack. By doing this, I'm generally the Last Guardian Standing, and you'll be back in 30 seconds (sooner, if you died in a place I can easily get to you).
See you on the battlefield, guardian.