W E Ray wrote:
OP here -- totally a noob -- what is "E" in PvE?
The 'E' stands for "Environment". as in "Player vs NPCs/the world", basically enemies not controlled by other humans.
Think of it as all the times your party is clearing a dungeon of monsters or fighting bandits to rescue the fair damsel, not attempting to cheat or murder each other for their own gains and occasionally taking a break to do some looting of ancient ruins and fight some bandits for that girl you're sure would fetch a pretty penny on the slave auctions.
...not that I'd know anything about that last part, of course. I play Lawful Good, and since I'm Lawful Good you can trust me when I say I never lie, because if I lied I wouldn't be LG, would I? Makes perfect sense.