Why play on a PVE server?

Go level a new character to 30 on a pvp server and you'll know why.

I don't like PvP, that's why. =P

branBran don't go. What else will I have for breakfast?b:shocked

On a PvE server PvP is optional so if you want to know the joys of PvP just activate PvP mode and see how it is.

Why a PvE server though? To play the game and not be pk'd by people 10 or 20 levels above you at quest locations is one answer.

Honestly, I randomly chose a server when I first started. I had no idea what PvP or PvE meant, this game is my first MMO.

So I randomly chose HT, and I've enjoyed it. I didn't really know much about PKing until like....lvl 80 or so. The only thing I hate about PKing on PvE servers is that, not alot of people do it. Only cashshoppers enter PK mode. <___<


I would switch to PvP servers, but....I dont feel like losing all that time and effort I did on this server I guess.

i played on a pve server so i could quest or grindin peace without having to worry about being 1 shot b:cute

I don't play on a PVE server but here's my thoughts. The reasons why I see people choosing a PVE server might have been more valid when the game first launched. At least on Lost City pking has decreased a lot. People dont camp SP anymore and wait for lvl 30's to kill and your questing is pk free because everyone is in Frost now. If there is pking, usually at West Gate...its sad how even there aren't pk battles at point 29 since a lot don't do WQ anymore.

Anyway...now, being on a PVP server isnt that much different than a PVE server. I just like being able to kill anyone if i wanted to and not having to see "oh, they are blue named, I guess I can't"


As for losing items...they now have SL, so people rarely drop and if they do, its mirages. You can use SL, or dolls or just afk in adc in catshop mode. It's not a big deal. If you do need to do quests or something, squad with friends and have them watch if there's a pker nearby, or grind on the edge of safezone, and if you see someone, just hop in safe and you're safe. Its not a big issue.

I played on both before and for the most part alot of MMO's i played the whole PK concept was popular at the start then it got abused making most people prefer to choose when they go PK mode. Even a lot of the games I have played people got pk'd with in log in and logged back out only to never log in again.

You can even look at the population in this games PvE/PvP server (including other games too) most people roll in to a place where they can play at their digression not someone else.

to be honest i dont get pked all that often on a harshlands ... even when i was in my 30s and 40s, i was able to grind for long periods w/o getting 1 shotted. sure every now and then some random dude kills me .. but when i go back to town, regain my hp, yada yada that dude is out of the area and i can go about my business again, it doesnt really bother me. i dont say anything when i die, they usually dont say anything to me either.

not everyone is all like "i pwnd u noob!!" when u get killed, in fact, i have yet to come across that when ive randomly gotten pked. just keep ur valuables in the bank and if u have a red name either use ur safety lock or get one of those charm amulet things which arent that expensive.

and if you think the pvp server is all around red names and pking each other, think again. u would be surprised to see how many white named people are in the server.

here's what i used to hear...

me: "why kill me?"
some random player: "don't like pk? go roll on a pve server"

and that's what i did. i just like to quest in peace. the mobs are tough enough without having some random player coming along and attacking me too.

EbilBecca - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Because a lot of the ones who PvP now are cash shoppers and I don't feel like losing a piece of equipment that took a lot of effort to get. b:bye

Whitephantom - Harshlands wrote:

here's what i used to hear...

me: "why kill me?"
some random player: "don't like pk? go roll on a pve server"

Exactly that and that. I'm not into spending $500 to $1000 in cashshop for just a game to get the top gear so that I can keep up with/protect myself from pkers. b:bye

Martiin - Archosaur wrote: »

One reason...at the time HL got crazy boring. I quit....I had freetime.

New PVE server...good friends from HL going there. I decided to join.

My conclusion...blue names suck!! Only way to go red is kill lowbies, hence
I have yet to get blood red since I prefer killing people near my lvl.

As for why you should play? you wont be randomly killed which is really
the only reason people play here i think.

*edit*
The person above me..go complain about spending money somewhere else.
There are plenty of people that have not spent a penny on here and can keep
up. Go farm tt and take the time to farm the coin that csers get from selling gold.

Complain and Complain...thats all people like you do...how about doing something
about it?

"all bark and no bite"

martin all my days of pk...i have never seen u bro

also PVE and PVP its just one has a choice, if u want to Pk go white named, PVP u have no choice also, i played a PVP server u don't need cash to keep up, as i say coins can buy u skills, but money cant buy u skill

Tammed - Sanctuary wrote: »

PVP=PK anytime, anyone
PVE=a perfect world to me

lol, good description. i have a mentally disabled (for you politically correct people) person in my faction on the PvE server i play on, which i only joined because my friend did. PvE gives people like that a chance to have fun, and not be bullied by punks with mommy and daddy's credit card to **** away money.

also, coming from a PvP server, you don't see pissing contests in world chat. no "come one on one me noob, or can you only gang bang" then replied with "i kill you many times on one on one, come out of safe zone" then lots of more useless childish drama.

the only thing that sucks about PvE servers, is when people steal your mats (not getting there before you, waiting for the mob next to it to attack you, or you attack them, then steal it), or people messing with your team killing a boss. and then you can't pk them to get back at them.

people call PvE carebear servers, because they think that everyone that plays on them whine about being pk'd. which isn't true. i've seen whining. unless you've seen someone tell the GM's to ban someone because they have been pk'd (there was no "no pking in this spot" rules), then you haven't seen someone whine

When playing other online games, like a FPS, do you let any aimbotter join and headshot you all the time instantly?

If yes, PvP is fine. If not, choose PvE.

*unless you are the aimbotter (err... I mean cashshopper)

Deceptistar - Sanctuary wrote: »

PVP seems exciting in its own way and its tempting but as said above, some personal reasons include relaxing so... having to keep safety lock on, and keeping all valuables in the bank and binding ****, really really makes it a extra extra hassle and when i compare

hassle>PVP temptation

made my choice

Its not a hassle, just have to be smart about it. If you want to be blood red either bind, use dolls which you need to find a way to make money for or us SL. If you use SL you need to be aware that you might drop mirages and if you bind, unless you have all of the gear you need, you might need to refarm if your interested in getting the higher level gear. If you pvp at lvl 100 and have all of your HH99 gear, you have the bonus of having your gear auto bound...except for cape and helm unless you get the gold helms.

And pking doesn't mean killing all the white names. You can attack flagged names or red names. That way you dont go red and wont have the risk of dropping items. The only color you become is the pink/light purple color and you have a very slim chance of dropping inventory items and it goes away before you go rebuff.

Like I said before, pking has really decreased. You can be afk out of safe for an hour and not die. Even in Kami, where we have Spec and ThaClick killing us, people can stay outside safe and not be killed for an extended period of time. With BH's and Hypers in Frost, grinding/quest spots are empty so you can play without being hassled. And if you do get pked while grinding, its really rare. Dying isnt a big deal..you dont lose exp..maybe at the most it will be buffs.

Anyway PVP servers have changed alot, it's not how it used to be with RQ. If you want to pk(getting red), be smart about it. Don't get x amount of hours red and then go out of safe without dolls, of course you will drop things unless you're lucky and get the 1% chance of not dropping anything.