What Do You find fun about PVE?

ThoraxtheDark

Curious to know the communities thoughts on why PVE is enjoyable to them. i am currently only in pvp as i have beaten all pve except the veteran trials and VDSA. what keeps you coming back? Thanks

DigitalShibby

The loot for different build concepts, the daily pledges, the friends who need certain dungeons, the fun of it, and because I'm a healer so doing group content in pve is my thing.

zuto40

id imagine the leisurely fighting, thats why i pve when i do it rarely, im not talking about the 1% who do trials btw so trials scrubs dont get your panties in a bunch

Syrani

I am here for the veteran trials - that's what I like about PVE. The harder the trial, the more fun it is. I get a lot of enjoyment out of working with my team to overcome these kinds of challenges, and then working together to help each other improve individually and as a team.

Questing, to me, is just a means to an end. I quest for leveling, for skill points, and for learning my character - with the ultimate goal being to get that character ready for end game. Gear/CP/whatever - is also just a means to an end.

I did enjoy the main story on my first time through it, and read all the dialog, but on my subsequent runs I simply got through it as fast as I could.

I enjoy dungeons as well, though not nearly as much as raids. Running dungeons still gives you a chance to work with a team, and it gives you an opportunity to improve your play.

So basically, I like challenging group content.

DigitalShibby

zuto40 wrote: »

id imagine the leisurely fighting, thats why i pve when i do it rarely, im not talking about the 1% who do trials btw so trials scrubs dont get your panties in a bunch

There is nothing leisurely about teaching a group of 3 people all 100-130ish cp VWGT. Pve can be extremely challenging and rewarding if you set about helping new players.

skiptomyluau

Exploring, scenery, stories. The "adventuring" aspect. Crafting. Feeling more powerful as you level.

ArchMikem

Because it's a world to explore. To me, walking down the road in the Rift is more fun than getting ganked in Cyrodiil.

Balamoor

Mainly because If I want to PVP I'll play a FPS. MMORPG's are about questing Crafting Dungeon runs and raiding.

TheShadowScout

The main fun is in the story. Playing your character through the unfolding events, exploring the world, taking in the plot, guessing where it may lead, and anticipating the final bossfight. And maybe occasionally dealing with cursing sudden but inevitable betrayal.

Once you get through that once... there is a bit more fun in the "Let's see how this character/class/build does on that enemy that other character of mine had difficulties with", and of course the "I wonder if this character can solo that..." experiences.

But in the end, much of PvE becomes a little bit of a chore I guess... to get your "prefect gear" together... to finally finish some achievement and unlock a nifty dye... to grind out some CP for those who do that... to get an alt through cadwells for all the skill points... and so on.

That's why we always want new content eventually, to keep us interested...


Of course, for some of us there is always roleplaying, but that is not exactly PvE, yes? And in any case, dependent on finding the right friends with compartible wierdness...

Jaronking

raiding other than that nothing I don't need to kill the same mob over and over again So i can feel like am the best.

akl77

Daily undaunted dungeons, where you can play as healer or tank instead of always dps at pvp.

newtinmpls

The friendly people in chat... playing around with different builds and sets and not caring if it's BiS, just enjoying it.

Wandering around and NOT getting ganked.

Having fun with combat and non combat pets. Naming them. Asking other folks what name their pet has, or what motif that bit is.

Riggsy

PVP = we all hate each other
PVE = we come together to a fight common enemy

akl77

Riggsy wrote: »

PVP = we all hate each other
PVE = we come together to a fight common enemy

Exactly, pvp always gets me fired up, either the enemy or my alliance if keeps losing.

HatchetHaro

Refining my skills in my current build and the strive to become even better and pull even more damage. It's the damage competition that I love, although yes it does make people salty sometimes.

Liofa

Because monsters don't whisper when you kill them .

SaRuZ

I play both. I switch it up when I get bored with one or the other.

susmitds

SaRuZ wrote: »

I play both. I switch it up when I get bored with one or the other.

This.

Fudly_budly

newtinmpls wrote: »

... playing around with different builds and sets and not caring if it's BiS, just enjoying it.

Wandering around and NOT getting ganked.

^^
I'm running a mix of red mountain and sword-singer in spite of the holy meta!
NOT having to ride down the road spamming rapids!!!
being part of a tri-alliance wb group.

And making millions of in-game gold through mastering economics (logging in to 30+ emails of guild listings sold).
Scoring 3 perfect roes in 10 fish last night!!
The feeling of knowing a zone so well you want to live there.
Knowing that you have changed something in the game world.

JkahrrRadnar

Chatting with people in /zone, exploring the world (Get all the exploration achievements! Do ALL the quests!) and following the storyline. On some days I just wanna bash some heads in and do PvP or group content instead, but otherwise I enjoy listening to all the dialogues etc.

menedhyn

Being part of the stories of the many characters I discover when wandering around Tamriel, not to mention creating my own stories through role-play in the more relaxed PvE setting. I can't get into games if the story is weak or lacking, mainly because I find combat bores me quite quickly.

Haroeris

Veteran trial progression -- the strategy, group coordination, and execution based on each player's strengths pushed to the extreme to maximize damage/team support/survivability. Teaching less experienced players so they may also improve and be the best that they can be. And the graphics are beautiful.

Loralai_907

I have been playing for ages. So by this time, the lack of pressure. The amusement from the cancer that is zone chat. Trying out new builds. Seeing favorite NPC's again. Clearing zones. Spending the time on favorite quests and being click happy on less favorite quests. Yelling at my computer when my FPS drops for no dam reason. Seeing people in game I recognize from the forums or twitter or twitch. Getting people I know irl to play with me.

FearlessOne_2014

Balamoor wrote: »

Mainly because If I want to PVP I'll play a FPS. MMORPG's are about questing Crafting Dungeon runs and raiding.

I highly agree with this comment these days. More so since all MMOs strive for imbalance PvP action. I go to Smite or Paragon for my PvP action, balanced every 2 weeks or less. I guess FPSes can be a good source of PvP if we are talking about the likes of ARMA 3.

MMORPGs are fun lore social based PvE games with PvP if even present, as a side project to generate revenue from the uninformed. As a TES fan ESO has it's lure for me when I'm not playing Skyrim SE.

Kendaric

ThoraxtheDark wrote: »

Curious to know the communities thoughts on why PVE is enjoyable to them. i am currently only in pvp as i have beaten all pve except the veteran trials and VDSA. what keeps you coming back? Thanks

The fact that I can avoid PvP and all it entails.

AuldWolf

If I'm being honest, I feel that -- strictly speaking -- GW2 has more PvE content than appeals to me. There's more in the exploration -- puzzles, interactive environment doodads, jumping puzzles, vistas, and so on. The problem with GW2 is that the writing is oh so painfully bad. It's really so bad. And you can always see the politicking between two very narcissistic lead writers (those responsible for the asura and the sylvari), resulting in the other races being left in the dirt. The constant Mary/Villain Sue-ism of the sylvari is incredibly wearisome as well, more than I can bear.

To even begin to be able to enjoy GW2, I literally have to turn spoken dialogue volume down to zero and skip through every cutscene and dialogue in the game. I take what's there in the world and try to use it to come up with a story that's better fitting. Instead of Trahearne (which was ridiculous, since they chose him because they couldn't pick one, sole leader), the Pact is now lead by a council of representatives from each of the races, and each of those representatives has an entourage of attachés and advisers. As such, Trahearne isn't the leader, but just a specialist they trust. This constant need to write the entire game's script as I go is exhausting at best. And genuinely intimidating, sometimes.

Whereas ESO actually has fairly decent writers. I've never complained about, say, the writing of the Aldmeri Dominion. I've always seen it as classily handled, as it deals with mature topics in a nuanced way. Instead of just slaying some poor dragon because dragon (which I find more patronising than I can bear), the journey of my AD character revolves around xenophobia, politics, narcissism, harmful traditionalism, and so on. And though I may be burnt at the stake for even daring to have an opinion, I'd say that ESO's AD writers handle these topics better than any Dragon Age or Witcher game I've played. And that's really compelling to me, I want to know what's going to happen next.

Each zone in ESO tells an engaging, exciting story. Each zone is a chapter of a story. And they all link back into greater stories. For the most part, it's actually well written. The closest thing I've seen to GW2 levels of writing is what happens toward the very end of Orisinium's main quest. That was dangerously GW2-ish and had me cringe a lot. Poor orcs, they deserved better than that. Not that I didn't see it coming from a mile away since the NPCs of Orsinium kept congratulating me for the completion of the main quest before I'd actually finished it. Orsinium can be.. It can be very GW2-ish, and without the good parts. I tend to stay away from there. And I feel similarly about a lot of Covenant stuff.

Pact writing can be pretty decent... If overwrought, grimdark, and a bit 'emo teen' at times for me. It's not bad though (like GW2's writing objectively is), it's just not to my taste. The AD has amazing writers, however, and I'm driven by the plot to push through the content. Plus, every once in a while ESO can be really clever with instancing and choice & consequence. I do wish that the PvE was more like GW2 and The Secret World. I really do. It could use more puzzles, thinking, and exploration. These are areas that ESO sorely lacks. Even without them, though, I still want my character to see these stories through.

And I guess the combat can be fun, on a good day, when ZOS aren't balancing for hyper-competitive people and you can actually have a build that doesn't need to be cookie-cutter. That's getting more rare, admittedly, and I suspect the next patch will limit that further. For a while, though, especially early on in the game's life I quite enjoyed having more crazy builds. Especially werewolf-focused builds. Not so fun to do werewolves these days, sadly. I do find myself pining for early ESO for that reason, they've botched the balance a lot, completely misunderstanding their demographic. So I know my time with ESO draws to a close, as I imagine is true for a lot of people.

It was fun while it lasted, though. And I suspect a lot of people feel that way.

Betheny

I love wandering around, sometimes you come across a stranger and spontaneously group up to defeat a public dungeon group challenge or one of the hard world bosses or stop by to farm a few stray zombies with a group of randoms.

Can stop for a bit and pick some flowers, or look at some of the really beautiful scenery in this game, and know you're not being stalked by some invisible psychopathic serial killer. That's always a good thing.

There's just more to do in PVE, much more flexibility, and a lot of cooperation...which is more what I prefer to do. Done a lot of PVP and also found cooperation in it with organised groups, but I find it so very boring...all that running around. I can get epic battles just fine with PVE as well as get all the cooperative experiences I enjoy, and know I'm in control of my own character the whole time - I get to choose my battles and others help me not hinder me.

Makes you feel a lot better about sharing your game world with other people - when the battles get tough we all come together.

NewBlacksmurf

Playing with others and hunting for loot

kongkim

The TES Lore and the world. Simply love it.
But ofc. alså building new characters and builds, playing around with new out of the box funny builds. Never done a Meta build. Its so boring

DPShiro

End game Trials, getting better scores, improving the team.

Can't wait for next Trial!

GreenhaloX

I'm on a witness protection program and hiding out from my exes. So, all the PvE dailies, pledges and dungeons are what are getting me through my (otherwise would-be miserable) day.)