because if you’ve been fans of the earlier ES single player games then idk how you don’t want to play the PVE.
Goregrinder wrote: »Goregrinder wrote: »Goregrinder wrote: »Every single PVPer does both. 100% of them. We have to run dungeons, farm leads, etc for monster sets and gear. Vateshran 2H/Staff anyone? That's from PVE. Crimson Twilight? From PVE.
There should be a 4th option "I only like PVPing, but also PVE because gear useful in PVP is locked behind PVE walls".
I get your point. Its ok though, I think it goes without saying that every PvP-er will PvE just for gear...
But would those PvP'ers PvE at all if they didn't need to?
So the question is really which one do you play? Not which one do you have to play
If the question is "Which game mode do you prefer" my answer is PVP 100% of the time, in every game I've played since Quake 3/Unreal Tournament back in 1999. If I could avoid PVE outside of grinding to max level, and grinding for gold, I 100% would.
But the question positioned was which category has the most players, people that play PVP or people that play PVE, which is a different question. I was commenting that the poll itself is missing an option.
The outcome of votes gives an idea of percentage of players and what they play, presenting a rough idea of which category has the most players from forum users voting, but that is not the question you vote on, the question you vote on is what do YOU play.
The first two options simply ask what we play, regardless of what we enjoy playing. Just "what task do you do in the game". The 3rd option suggests we enjoy doing both...so it sets a new standard of options because now it asks what we "enjoy", rather than simply what task we do, because you can do a task without enjoying it.
With the currently proposed poll options, I do not fit into any of those 3 categories. I don't just PVP. I don't just PVE. So I do not fit into options 1 or 2. I do both PVP and PVE, but I don't enjoy doing both, so I don't fit into category 3. I fit into a 4th category, which is not listed in this poll: "I enjoy PVP, but also PVE as only a task because I have to if I want gear for PVP". I don't actually enjoy PVE very much, but there is no option for that in this poll.
Septimus_Magna wrote: »usually the server performance ends up being pretty frustrating around prime time.
Goregrinder wrote: »Every single PVPer does both. 100% of them. We have to run dungeons, farm leads, etc for monster sets and gear. Vateshran 2H/Staff anyone? That's from PVE. Crimson Twilight? From PVE.
There should be a 4th option "I only like PVPing, but also PVE because gear useful in PVP is locked behind PVE walls".
PizzaCat82 wrote: »Goregrinder wrote: »Every single PVPer does both. 100% of them. We have to run dungeons, farm leads, etc for monster sets and gear. Vateshran 2H/Staff anyone? That's from PVE. Crimson Twilight? From PVE.
There should be a 4th option "I only like PVPing, but also PVE because gear useful in PVP is locked behind PVE walls".
Then there should be a 5th option I only like PVE but also do PVP because I want to get gear, motifs, and recipes that are locked behind PVP walls.
I can't really vote because I play both PvE and PvP but I wouldn't go as far as saying that I enjoy the latter.
Is something that I have to do because some of the stuff I require happens to take place in PvP areas.
Fortunately despite the constant changes I can still create 'builds' that are so obnoxiously unengaging that they pretty much ensure that anyone who chooses to initiate PvP with me is going to have as good a time as myself.
There is solace to be found in making sure that one's time is not the only one wasted, every encounter is as unrewarding as it can be and one's entertainment value is a low as it can be achieved.
I can't really vote because I play both PvE and PvP but I wouldn't go as far as saying that I enjoy the latter.
Is something that I have to do because some of the stuff I require happens to take place in PvP areas.
Fortunately despite the constant changes I can still create 'builds' that are so obnoxiously unengaging that they pretty much ensure that anyone who chooses to initiate PvP with me is going to have as good a time as myself.
There is solace to be found in making sure that one's time is not the only one wasted, every encounter is as unrewarding as it can be and one's entertainment value is a low as it can be achieved.
You may have missed this note on the first page:
NOTE: All PvP players have to PvE to get PvP gear, but many would likely not PvE if they did not have to. So if you are solely a PvP player, tick PvP
Likewise, if you only go to PvP to get skyshards and wouldn't PvP oterwise, just tick PvE
Integral1900 wrote: »If you’re looking for an accurate measurement you won’t find it here, it’s just the nature of forums. I used to work for another company that ran an ongoing online world, if this one is anything like that you can probably figure maybe one player in 1000 will visit the forums even once, of that fraction approximately 1 in 100 will post at any point during that time with the game.
The most likely population distribution, given all visible records of achievements on different platforms as well as the absence of any new cash generating PVP content, would suggest a population breakdown of approximately 94% PVE, specifically open world questing, with a 6% population crossover with PVP, 3% serious dungeon players, i.e. those who do veteran content of any sort, and a similar fraction for PVP only.
If the percentages were different to this the release schedule will be completely changed. Companies make content to service revenue streams which provide the most stable return. They do not make content for parts of the game that do not generate them any money or that they do not expect to.
Ultimately the most important thing is what do you enjoy, answer that question and play to the best of your ability, do not concern yourself with the preferences of others, there will always be those who do not like what you do, this is a natural part of the world.