PVE servers please

I have a couple points for why this just can not happen, and why it shouldn't.

Firstly, progression. It simply wouldn't be fair for some people to progress 'safely' when so many have already done it. Why should you get to do a Tall Tale with no threat to it's completion when others have already done it? Why do you get PL with no threat? You are solo, that is your choice, you can join a Discord and join/find a group just like anyone else. As an additional comment, if there was NO PROGRESSION on PvE, then it can work, but what on earth would be the point?

Second, existing game mechanics simply don't work in a way that supports it. So on a PvE server you pickup a Reapers chest and what, you just get it and never have to fight for it? You want to raise a level V emissary flag and then just have a zero risk 250% bonus while people on PvP servers have to weigh that choice? What about other behavior which doesn't involve actually killing you. I get on your ship and just start throwing your loot overboard, now you can't even kill me to protect yourself. Right now I throw a firebomb on MY ship and it's going to light MY ship on fire, nothing is safe. There would be so much work to determine what PvE even means and it's totally orthogonal to the systems Rare has built.

It's a sandbox game, if you don't like the conditions of the sandbox you need to adjust - leave the server if you see reapers, find a group, go it solo and then accept that is an uphill battle.
Honestly, I go solo all the time and I just don't see the problem, if I don't want to fight, I just make them chase and don't fight. I also accept that if I go on an island for a long time my ship might not be there when I get back.

Isn't the Alliance servers something like that? I mean, if you do alliances you become practically untouchable.

@brudorow said in PVE servers please:

2 years later, i'm still waiting for a PVE server. I'm not playing all the time with others people. Sometimes, i just want to play alone, doing quests and looking for boss to kill for their skull. Just chilling you know.
And i CAN'T chill because everytime i try to, another boat is coming to kill me. I understand there is PVP on this game. But come on, you created the Arena for full PVP, can you think about players like me who refuse to play this game, but they want to, because they can't play alone ? I can't stay alive more than 1 hour, and i can't even finish one quest without being attacked and lose all my stuff.

Please make PVE servers so i can play the game. Thank you.

Have you tried using Discord to find some people to play with? Even if you can find another person to duo sloop it would probably help you out. There are lots of great people who would be willing to help you get your quests done. I'd recommend avoiding open crews cause too many people join those just to harass others.

Also, as someone who just does PvP really Arena isn't really what we are looking for. It's okay but honestly they need to remove the chest(s) completely or give us just a straight up deathmatch mode. That's why so many PvP players don't really go for it. Plus it's just fun being in Adventure and meeting people doing random stuff. There are plenty of times I've helped someone instead of sinking them cause they were just doing a tale or were new and had no clue what they were doing and you don't get that in Arena.

These threads never got old. - Can people just give up :P

You knew what kind of game you bought!

@brudorow

PvE servers are not part of their vision for this game and would ruin the unpredictable dynamic of the shared world that they have worked so hard to build.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. And that's Sea of Thieves. I'm sorry that some other player prevented you from buying that jacket you wanted sooner. You still have full access to all game mechanics and all you lost was progression towards some cosmetics.

PvE servers should not and most likely will not ever happen.

Two years later and the product you bought is still holding true to the vision had for it way back when you purchased it. That's a quality product right there. I do hope you can come to enjoy it for what it is instead of wishing to make it easier and private for yourself.

@nabberwar said in PVE servers please:

You would think after waiting two years you would have gotten the hint.

While I dont agree with PVE servers I must say most of us waited an ungodly time for opt out. Although it was worth the wait.

@COW MAN. :) While you are correct on that, I do believe they quickly backtracked the no AI ships statement. Everyone knew they needed to.

I can only speculate on why they changed their minds and implemented the opt out, and do believe the ramifications of that are why we are going to Steam to give PC players a better experience now than what they've been getting.

I think the Maiden Voyage is their answer to a pve only experience and that's as far as that will ever go.

@ghost-of-rhyza how can u play pirate if you can't attack anyone? it is a pirate game after all.

@machaca22 I've spent nearly a year getting to PL solo, doing exactly that. Simply because it's a pirate game, does not mean I have to act like one. I enjoy the game. No other game out there provides what this game does, from the sailing, to the pve encounters, to even the silly riddles. That's what I enjoy doing. After getting home from work, it really is relaxing just getting into my sloop and sailing.

I'm not against the PvP section of the game. I simply don't see why there's a general freak out if PvE servers were added. Players, and devs, saying it's against the 'spirit' of the game just seems to weird to me. It's a game. It can be made into whatever, and serve a wide range of tastes. Who exactly would it hurt if there was a strictly PvE option?

There are no 'buffs,' or better gear, to be had with gold and rep. Just cosmetics. Which is why I scratch my head at the last few threads about alliance servers 'ruining' emissary grind. So, what would PvE servers do except give options? Those that want to PvP, would have that option. Those that don't, would have the other.

Its a pirate game and theres gonna be pirates

@brudorow You won't be "playing the game" if you go into a PvE server. It basically wipes out half of the game mechanics. They will NEVER add PvE servers, but, they might add private servers for the soul reason of cinematic recording. So if you ever want to sail around and chill out, you can do it there.

@synysterbullett a dit dans PVE servers please :

@brudorow It isn't fair that you could go to a PVE server and get the same loot for the same value as a PVP server. You have little to no risks when there are no players so why should you get the same reward for less risk? If they added PVE servers, then they would have to make it to where the loot gives you half of what it usually does.

Would be nice idea ... (and/)or make creatures much more aggressive/challenging on PvE servers (hit harder, more hp, just tweaking numbers i guess). That way PvE guys would be really pleased.