I'm Strictly a PVE'er - Am I playing the wrong MMO?

Graydon · December 2014

Is this game favoring PVP for elder game?
I am enjoying the leveling process, but not sure what's out there once I hit 50.
Is there anyone else who plays this game regularly and does not PVP

Jitterbug · December 2014

yes, people do

there is a bunch of group content once you hit max level (vr14)

Gyudan · December 2014

You don't need to be VR14 for group content. The Undaunted Pledges start at level 45 and once you reach VR1 you should be able to find groups easily.

Jagath · December 2014

I play mostly PVE and tend to avoid pvp due to how unstable the game is for me. Its a lot easier to dc and relog on the pve side.

Shunravi · December 2014

What awaits you post 50 is the veteran (soon to be champion) areas. You can play through the other factions storylines and/or craglorn and whatever other adventure zones they create.

There are plenty of players who do exclusively PvE.

flintstone · December 2014

After vet 10 the thrill is gone unless you are into PVP or group content (I have two vet12's). Of course you can always start over.....I have a vet 1, level 26, and a level 44.

SRIBES · December 2014

For PvE solo questing you go through loads of content and questing. There is even quests in Cyrodiil. You won't be done with ALL the solo quests for a long time. There are 16 purely questing zones and 17 counting the quests there. You can do all the achivements in one zone in probably one/two days if you no life it and 4-5 if you take your time and listsn to dialogue. So assuming you listen to dialogue for quests and play often it should take you about two and a half months or more to do all the achivements and quests + the guild quests. Zos plans to add in a new PvE solo zone and two more guilds. As for group PvE I think there is enough group content to keep you busy for several months as well. I also think the PvP in this game is great even if you normally don't like PvP I think this game is different and gives new players a reason to dip there toes in the water and try it out. You can solo quest in there and always be on your toes that another player might ambush you at any time or vice versa. This game has tons of different content and you can almost never get bored + there is always new content.

Francescolg · December 2014

This game is pure PvE and new content comes every 6-8 weeks, you have endgame dungeons/areas to farm, etc. etc.. Even "things" done in PvE result in better PvP-gear/skills, that is for example: "AA-trials set with 8% crit" (most crit = better ultimate reggen in many ways"), or the "undaunted skills", or mage-guild skills (+20% magic dmg), etc. etc...

You should study all passive skills from all skill trees to better understand. PvE gives you a (I'd say) 30% advantage compared to guys that just enter PvP at level 50.

In this game you need a lot of crit and you need to use skills that favorize the acquisition of "Ultimate Points". A skill like purge won't regenerate ultimates. Many templar heals do not regenerate ultimates as fast as resto heals (lower but more frequent ticks), etc. etc. SO each class has some skills that do better. Of course, you do not have to spec in crit, you could also go for higher stats, more def/mitigation, etc.
Players are still discussing which build are better but I'd say for classes with very strong Ultimates (DK), crit-builds suit better, so that they can smash their I-WIN-button 5 times in a minute!!

They say they want to push/patch skills that are used less frequently BUT I bet they won't change the poor ultimate-reggen of skills like Purge, Puryfying ritual, etc.
Be careful to know exactly which skills need weapon and which ones use magic crit. Sometimes a skill uses weapon crit but it's effect (that it triggers) works with magic-crit and sometimes it is the (Damage over Time - crit) Effect that restores Ultimates and not the initial skill-dmg (impulse, etc.). So a DK would prefer magic crit, since Talons, his PBAE, etc, all buil their Ultimate Points by a "magic effect" that ticks, when the ticks crit (magic crit dmg) you have the fastest Ultimate reggen (Talons, Cinder Storm, Fire AE's with DoT, etc etc...).

Gyudan · December 2014

Francescolg wrote: »

This game is pure PvE and new content comes every 6-8 weeks

That was true for the first 4 updates. Not anymore.

AlnilamE · December 2014

There's a ton of PvE content, including dungeons and quests in Cyrodiil.

s7732425ub17_ESO · December 2014

There's a bunch of endgame PVE content (much, much more than PVP content). There are a ton of Veteran Dungeons that you must run lots of times each. There are Trials which you must run lots of times. There's Craglorn if you want something different.

Audigy · December 2014

Gyudan wrote: »

Francescolg wrote: »

This game is pure PvE and new content comes every 6-8 weeks

That was true for the first 4 updates. Not anymore.

Huh have I missed something?

We didn't get any new pvp content since release, did we? Even the upcoming justice system is again only pve ...

Knootewoot · December 2014

Audigy wrote: »

Gyudan wrote: »

Francescolg wrote: »

This game is pure PvE and new content comes every 6-8 weeks

That was true for the first 4 updates. Not anymore.

Huh have I missed something?

We didn't get any new pvp content since release, did we? Even the upcoming justice system is again only pve ...

He ment the 6-8 weeks is not true

Also 8% crit i also have on my hunding. No need to do trials for that. PvP is fun, unless you get lagged.

Morshire · December 2014

I have to say, PVE in this game is great and the content is plentiful. I have always strayed away from PVP in other MMO's because it just didn't do it for me. However, PVP in this game can occupy plenty of my time. Lag or freezes will make it less enjoyable if you are there for the actual alliance war, but if you grab a friend (because you may need them)

and just try and run some of the quests, you will find that there is a great blend there as well. Skyshards abound, but the added excitement of not knowing who is going to drop in and ruin the fun makes even PVE in Cyrodiil that much better.

Even with that, I usually run about 80% PVE and 20% PVP. At V2, I haven't ben able to find an end to the PVE experience and still got plenty of maps to clear.

If you want to run quests in Cyrodiil and not partake of the PVP - If they didn't come with you on your quest, you should probably run.

Hypertionb14_ESO · December 2014

this game is 90% PvE with a single dedicated PvP zone.

you can play it without ever stepping foot into PvP. Same is not true in the reverse sense.

Durham · December 2014

Yes 90% do not pvp ... due to lack of pvp support...pvp population is really low imo

Durham · December 2014

Morshire wrote: »

I have to say, PVE in this game is great and the content is plentiful. I have always strayed away from PVP in other MMO's because it just didn't do it for me. However, PVP in this game can occupy plenty of my time. Lag or freezes will make it less enjoyable if you are there for the actual alliance war, but if you grab a friend (because you may need them) and just try and run some of the quests, you will find that there is a great blend there as well. Skyshards abound, but the added excitement of not knowing who is going to drop in and ruin the fun makes even PVE in Cyrodiil that much better.

Even with that, I usually run about 80% PVE and 20% PVP. At V2, I haven't ben able to find an end to the PVE experience and still got plenty of maps to clear.
If you want to run quests in Cyrodiil and not partake of the PVP - If they didn't come with you on your quest, you should probably run.

PVE in this game is like playing a puzzles with times and meters imo... some instance require you to jump spin dive when you see something glow if you do not follow the dance program you instant die... Tanks are most of the time are not really needed... Honestly im not a fan of this pve.. but again im not a huge pve fan... I lean twards pvp but i like the combat system and the characters and how open the development is... My main complaint is in high end pve you do not get to play your character the way you want to....

newtinmpls · December 2014

I play for the fun and sharing a game with my hubby (our GM moved out of state, so no "live" RPG lately). I do my best to friend folks and if we are in ay to use chat (and lately some emotes) to make things more 'live" and fun. Mostly seems to work pretty well. I'm not a fan of "rush to the next battle" all the time.