Yet another player throwing their hat into the PVE pile.
I've read your arguments PVP fans, I get your concerns. I for one have never enjoyed PvP.
I've been gaming coming on 20 years now and love to play games with friends. Yes you think it's boring to do exclusively PVE, yes that is valid for you. But for me I'm hitting the point of done, on a game I otherwise love. The stress of constantly worrying some player is going to roll up on me doesn't improve my experience. The fact that your fun has to come at my expense does not improve my experience.
You can insult, berate, bash and complain about all the wimp PvE players until we all quit. You'll be in the exact same position that a PVE server will cause. Only other players out for more PvP.
So why not allow people to enjoy the game they want? Are you so scared you'll have to work for your loot?
My interest in SoT dies a little more with each encounter. Soon it'll be gone and no amount of new contact will revive that.
I can't wait to completely avoid the hungering deep. As soon as I saw it requires another team I closed the trailer and stopped caring.
Lastly a pve server builds community. You spent all this time making your pirate outfit. I want to see you, I want to inspect your style and take inspiration from it. I want to share a beer and swap stories. Yet it's impossible, the PvP players have built such a distrust I don't care if you flag as friendly. I'm leaving as quickly as possible. If you follow I'll go to the edge of the map and lose everything I have, where you can't get it. I've wasted countless hours out running some clown chasing me down. I don't play the game to sail the whole time. I play it fight skellies, dig up treasure and poach a whole lot of chickens. That and spend far too much gold on outfits. Over 250k in clothing, I want to show it off.