PvP vs PvE

[ItsWrathful]

Hello, i would like know what do you prefer.
Please comment the expansion youre playing on and why do you prefer pvp or pve?:)

Personally i play in Wotlk and Mop and i highly prefer pvp , because i love the feeling when you win against someone , because you were better than them,pvp has insanely high skillcap because you need to keep track of many things while youre dpsing or healing ,ccing,peeling,dispelling and etc. anytime:)Theres just always so much going on.

[Delenis]

Regardless of the expansion, PvP. For PvE I would play skyrim or another game.

[Sixtyninee]

I play on Wotlk and I spend my time doing both about equally. The game gets boring if you stick to one side.

[Jakkre]

I prefer pvp on private server because its a more blizz like game experience than doing pve.
Dungeons and raids have so many bugs that its often a poor experience.

[javinoborrarr]

In my opinion, pvp is far more amusing and challenging. Again, in MY opinion. It is totally understandable that there are other's who would rather play on pve instead, I'm not against it I played it myself too.

But specially in private servers, it's even more entertaining. Cause after all, you are fighting other players. If I wanted a powerful pve experience, I would play some RPG content. Playing pve in an online game (ok, you can team up too but still...) takes half the point out from it.

[Skuddy]

i mainly stick to pve. i'll que for the odd bg but seeing as how horde always get steamrolled i don't find it that entertaining, and i'd rather not pvp at all than switch to alliance. also don't find arena all that fun, im more a fan of big group battles.

[Landcrow]

PVP, because its funny.
Easy to play, hard to master.

[taralej]

PvP has been boring for me for years. You grind BGs and arenas... and for what? Beating people doesn't necessarily mean you're better than them. For me PvE is better because it requires actual teamwork and coordination - in PvP these things barely matter, even in arenas where you just play the comp and do the same things over and over. PvE also boosts guild cooperation and partnership. PvP guilds are just about finding a partner or doing BG premades - where's the fun in that?

Every now and then I do PvP just to grind honor for gems or something like that.

[romz]

Me personally, I enjoy both. Though I never plan to ever step foot in rated pvp as I like Random BGs the most.

[Feralbeard]

PvP has been boring for me for years. You grind BGs and arenas... and for what? Beating people doesn't necessarily mean you're better than them. For me PvE is better because it requires actual teamwork and coordination - in PvP these things barely matter, even in arenas where you just play the comp and do the same things over and over. PvE also boosts guild cooperation and partnership. PvP guilds are just about finding a partner or doing BG premades - where's the fun in that?

Every now and then I do PvP just to grind honor for gems or something like that.

Well it is your opinion, and not necessarily applies to every player. You grind BGs and arenas 1st of all for gear, same like PvE, after that there is like PvP endgame when you are facing equal geared people and this is he part where skill matters the most. PvP battle are never the same, because you are fighting different people, different comps, they may execute different strategy, endgame PvP is all about adapting to situations, countering, forcing CDs and timing, there may be so many situations where smth doenst go the way you want, and it is real challenge. Competitive PvP also requires teamwork and coordination, same as PvE, but the main reason why PvE is like smashing a dummy compared to PvP, is because after completing a content dozens of tims with you core group, where everyone is doing their job, there is nothing left. You execute same strategy all over again (you might try different strategies, but it is absolutely not necessary), while in PvP you must adapt to your opponents (everyone will try to take advantage of every error you made), each class have many spell to be aware off in so many situations, arenas combine more classes together, which makes it even more wider, and in BGs where also objectives come in play. PvE boss have way less spells compared to all classes together, and their mechanics are going just in loop every time you start that boss again, and again.
If you think that PvP doesnt require teamwork and coordination, then sorry dude, I think you never PvPed with/against high rated players, maybe be you just dont see this as competition.
About guild cooperation - how exactly it is different from PvP guild? You are just joining forces to raid together, the same as ppl from different PvP guild join together to make premades and counter opposite faction premades.
PvP offers season, that always give you different rewards.
After your core group got BiS gear, there is no diversity left, the bosses will remain the same, as their old mechanics. The only thing that changes in PvE is ppl you are raiding with, at first it might be a challenge to teach everyone to do their part, but after they learned the strategy, there is nothing left, you just faceroll the bosses again, and again.
This is my point of view, I expect that not everyone agree with this, but I think majority of PvP dedicated players think approximately the same way.
I expect that PvE dedicated players will defend their part of game and say PvE is never the same...you just cant face reality, PvE is the reason why Blizzard have to make expansions, so there could be smth new to do, while PvP can stay the same and competitive spirit will not cripple because of that.

[taralej]

Yes, and I can say the same about you - it's your opinion. None of the things you said stand true for me or interest me.

[javinoborrarr]

Well it is your opinion, and not necessarily applies to every player. You grind BGs and arenas 1st of all for gear, same like PvE, after that there is like PvP endgame when you are facing equal geared people and this is he part where skill matters the most. PvP battle are never the same, because you are fighting different people, different comps, they may execute different strategy, endgame PvP is all about adapting to situations, countering, forcing CDs and timing, there may be so many situations where smth doenst go the way you want, and it is real challenge. Competitive PvP also requires teamwork and coordination, same as PvE, but the main reason why PvE is like smashing a dummy compared to PvP, is because after completing a content dozens of tims with you core group, where everyone is doing their job, there is nothing left. You execute same strategy all over again (you might try different strategies, but it is absolutely not necessary), while in PvP you must adapt to your opponents (everyone will try to take advantage of every error you made), each class have many spell to be aware off in so many situations, arenas combine more classes together, which makes it even more wider, and in BGs where also objectives come in play. PvE boss have way less spells compared to all classes together, and their mechanics are going just in loop every time you start that boss again, and again.
If you think that PvP doesnt require teamwork and coordination, then sorry dude, I think you never PvPed with/against high rated players, maybe be you just dont see this as competition.
About guild cooperation - how exactly it is different from PvP guild? You are just joining forces to raid together, the same as ppl from different PvP guild join together to make premades and counter opposite faction premades.
PvP offers season, that always give you different rewards.
After your core group got BiS gear, there is no diversity left, the bosses will remain the same, as their old mechanics. The only thing that changes in PvE is ppl you are raiding with, at first it might be a challenge to teach everyone to do their part, but after they learned the strategy, there is nothing left, you just faceroll the bosses again, and again.
This is my point of view, I expect that not everyone agree with this, but I think majority of PvP dedicated players think approximately the same way.
I expect that PvE dedicated players will defend their part of game and say PvE is never the same...you just cant face reality, PvE is the reason why Blizzard have to make expansions, so there could be smth new to do, while PvP can stay the same and competitive spirit will not cripple because of that.

Couldn't agree more. Way funnier than beating an inanimate cartoon.

[Stellarcrusade]

I like both PvP and PvE. I'd have to say PvP gets the advantage though. But PvP is way better on a PvE server because too many no-skill chump PvPers are attracted to PvE server like bugs to a zapper for the no-skill gank option of PvP servers. Battlegrounds and Arenas is where the real PvP happens, and on PvE servers the quality of opponent is higher.

[Watamote]

Been playing WoW since around 2009. I almost never do PvE. I mean, I'd like to, but it feels like there's this really long list of things to check before you can actually do it:

* Can you find a (enough)healer(s)?
* Can you find a tank?
* Do the healers/tanks know what they're doing?
* Do the DPS know what they're doing?
* Do YOU? Have you researched all the bosses?
* Is anyone in your group saved to the instance?
* Are there any other restrictions/red tape in place that could stop your whole group dead in its tracks? (this seems to happen a lot.)

Without PUGs

* Is everyone going to show up?
* Can everyone even agree to a time to do it in?

It's just such a ****ing headache. I tried PvE so many times back in the good old days of WotLK. I couldn't get into a single group for ICC that didn't wipe of the first boss or was there for any reason other than to farm rep. It takes hours just to get a group together just so people can go afk or bail on the group the moment things aren't going 100% perfect. Even today playing on Frostwolf/Pandaria it's the same thing with raids, just like it was the same when Frostwolf was Cataclysm.

Basically, you need to have a lot of free time available and be ready to join a raid whenever one is available, and be lucky enough to know enough good players who also share the same availability and dedication.

Then there's these times like: "Oh, well you have 1 single piece of PvP gear on. It'd be better if you use this ****ty blue gear with PvE stats on it like it'd make any ****ing difference so you're not invited." --or "Sorry we have enough of x class already" --or "Show me the achievement you have showing you've done it already because you can't do it unless you were somehow ****ing born with the achievement."

I've learned to just avoid PvE. I might do it someday if I can get enough people I know IRL to join the game and stay playing it long enough to get into raiding.

[ArchShykidz]

hi, I play mainly PvP on Ragnaros
I got both ally and Horde's

for PvP I try to do daily portion on my best char
for arena I play 10 times/week just to earn min points (FYI winning/loosing below 1.5k counts as the same :D)
for PvE : weekly quest (OS/naxx), RDF, FoS PoS HC ; sometimes old dungeons/ToC 25 on weekend


IMHO...
dont push yourself too much to complete either your PvP or PvE goals, skip it or pend it

this game consumes too much time lolzzz...
(@_@)

well time does fly when playing, may be coz I do like this game, after all ...
:p