clynx wrote:
Do I prefer PvE over PvP? It really depends on the game. If the game was PvE in design (EQ, FFXI, RO, WoW to name a few), then yes, I prefer PvE. Those games were designed at their core for PvE gameplay...
I couldn't agree with this more, having done both it's really been a blast either way, if the game is designed properly it's fun, and if it isn't designed well with a goal and structure from the start (PvP with PvE tacked on (Warhammer Online) or the opposite (Rift/WoW/EQ etc)) it turns out horrible.
Additionally there's something to be said for dealing with jerks in an PvP environment, there's plenty of jerks in PvE games who have done kill stealing, open world pulling over raids, other types of random griefing etc and there is literally no way to stop them in the PvE environment, the best you can do is report them and hope something happens to them later. At least some of the time in PvP games you can actually stop them in progress.