Why play on a PvE server?

[Ghostlight]

So far I have played only PvE solo with my own settings on my own local server. However the game got surprisingly boring surprisingly fast. I am thinking of playing on a public server. I doubt PvP is for me as I have no interest in griefing or being griefed, but at the same time I cannot see the point in playing in a public PvE server. Anyone care to explain for me. Why would a PvE server be a superior experience to PvE solo?

If no one can harm me is it not just the same as PvE solo, but I have to share everything (including bosses) with others? Can people walk up to my chests and remove whatever they wish if I haven't built walls yet, for example? Just what is the point and what would be different/better than what I am experiencing solo?

As a final question, if I have particular settings I want (such as very short days or being able to teleport everything), can you tell those setting before committing to a server? And would this mean official servers are out as I assume they have default settings?

Many thanks.

[Boiledteabag]

All you can do is use your imagination and huff some copuim to trick yourself into thinking the game has content atm.

oh and pvp is a mess right now, as you might of expected.

[Dr. Copium]

Find a friend, and play on your own server and beat the game together. It kept us entertained for a 100 hours

[Ghostlight]

This is for while I wait for my usual co-op buddy to return. His wife just had a baby so he's offline for a bit. Once he's back we will likely co-op.

[Captain Worthy]

Yes, official PvE servers use default settings.

They have griefers too, the most common trick they do is block your way to the roads from your castle with walls if you don't quickly connect a border path to the road from your castle heart.

I assume people will steal your stuff too if you leave your doors open, I haven't tried the public servers yet though.

The thing which is better in public PvE servers is that the time of your servant missions counts down in real time even when you are not logged in. The downside of this is that your castle heart will be also consuming blood 24/7, the same goes for your horses with water and so on.

[Boiledteabag]

Originally posted by DivineEzreal:

Find a friend, and play on your own server and beat the game together. It kept us entertained for a 100 hours

But after that 100 hours the game offers no replayability over then a social/play while talking game.

The games pve is severely lacking and the pvp is well as you would expect full of pvp addicts.

[Revan619]

To flex on other players slower to kill bosses I guess? Seem no point to play on a pve server as you still get griefed by people blocking your castle... except you cant do anything about it now lol

[CannonFodder1234]

Originally posted by Captain Worthy:

The thing which is better in public PvE servers is that the time of your servant missions counts down in real time even when you are not logged in. The downside of this is that your castle heart will be also consuming blood 24/7, the same goes for your horses with water and so on.

And this is what annoys me big time - I play solo right now for two reasons: a) currently hard to find time to play with friends (family demands) and b) trying to learn the game before jumping into online.
But one of the coolest features (servants) is completely unusable in solo. Every time I quit the game, the timer pauses. Wasn't I supposed to be a vampire lord? Feels more like a Farmville or Hay Day clone with a vampire twist.
Also: why can't we export a solo character and import it into a new game with friends later? To think that we need to start over the grind is hindering us from starting a new playthrough.

[ArchangelEST]

Originally posted by HammyBread:

Originally posted by DivineEzreal:

Find a friend, and play on your own server and beat the game together. It kept us entertained for a 100 hours

But after that 100 hours the game offers no replayability over then a social/play while talking game.

The games pve is severely lacking and the pvp is well as you would expect full of pvp addicts.

100 hours of gameplay for a $20 game in EA is more content than 99% of the games offer for that price. Complaining about it is kinda ridiculous.

You get your 100 hours worth and then you take a break to allow devs the time to add more content. You come back in half a year or a year, do another 100 hours. Rinse and repeat until full launch and by then there might be enough content to keep you busy for a 1000 hours.

[Meerfunk]

To answer some of your questions,
-Yes, you can tell what settings the server has before joining it. It's shown on the right hand side of your screen when you click on a server, with a drop down that shows more details.
-I believe there's a server setting that keeps other people from doing anything to your castle, including opening chests, as long as your castle heart has juice. While playing with a friend, I couldn't touch her stuff until we put together a clan. (I could be remembering this wrong as it was at the very beginning of our playthrough, but I'm at least 90% sure this is the case.)

What's the difference between solo and non-solo? It's just having other people around. I like to do a lot of things on my own, but I like knowing that I can run into someone and even help each other out from time to time. If you don't care much about that, then I'd say there's not much of a point to playing in PVE with others ~at the moment~. At this time, I don't think there's enough content yet to make much of a difference. Perhaps if they introduced some kind of trading system alongside professions/specializations so that there's a large benefit for playing with others (just allow some settings people can change if they're playing solo); dungeons that scales in difficulty and loot quality depending on the amount of people in it; some dynamic events that happen in the towns that make it fun to get together for; etc. Just some things I could think of that could make for a fun PVE in this game.

TLDR: you can definitely find unofficial servers with settings to your liking, if you think you'll have fun playing alongside random folks online. And there's not much of a difference between solo and non-solo servers as there isn't enough in the game to make that difference, in my experience at least.

[Bao]

Not all of us are competative players that would enjoy PvP. Me and my friends got a PvE server up and running, and we just enjoy the whole group together and go for the bosses. I like the option to be able to chose.

[JJY666]

I am genuinely not a big fan of PvP for various reasons. I have my own PvE server that I am on and it definitely does get boring after awhile. Especially with how much farming I have to do. None of my friends want to play v rising due to the way the camera looks :(

[Shinerunner]

I played on an official PVE server since release and pretty much play solo except bosses I can find help with them, and help others with there's. Adds that aspect of working with others in that regard, but the castle space can be annoying. My neighbor in SilverHills is taking up like 75 spaces I could build on if he were not there.

[Ghostlight]

Haven't been able to find a server with daylight set to only 3 hours, so it's been a washout so far.

[War...war never changes]

Why play on PvP (at least first time)? Most of them wipe frequently and some people don't want to lose 15% of gear every time after being camped by a higher level player.
Advantages of PVE server:
Play with friends / have help with bosses (if needed) / social interaction :D / Time progression for servants'hunts

[MRV1N]

play PvP,Pve is a one time thing in this game see everything,kill everything,done.
U dont need to play full loot PvP so u can keep your items and armor when u die,but they take 15% dura loss.