Why people play online PVE instead of a single player game?

[Wade]

I'm curious why people play PVE on public servers instead of solo player game? I tried PVE online and when I logged in for the first first time I saw big buildings everywhere on the map made by players, although I didn't see any player, they were all sleeping lol.

Are there any benefits playing online PVE compared to single player game? I personally don't like when I see that on the server map, that it more than 1000 days old, large chunks of the map are being overcrowded with buildings from other players.

[The Sandal Bomber ™©]

My god i literally i just had a rant about this to my partner !

Made worse by the fact that there is no building decay so someone builds enormous thing the size of a state or a small country and logs off forever. I get there is active RP on some servers but most of the time it's just completely dead.

And god forbid if Funcom actually went and wiped those servers so people could play on them

I've gone back to playing on my own lan server with my partner we just turn the difficulty up

[Wade]

It would be cool if devs would implement some kind of a trading system or something, where you can put your weapons, resources and stuff in public bazaar on a PVE map to trade.

Otherwise I don't see any benefits playing online PVE, it's much better to play single player on your hard drive.

[Xevyr]

Originally posted by Sandal Bomber™©:

My god i literally i just had a rant about this to my partner !

Made worse by the fact that there is no building decay so someone builds enormous thing the size of a state or a small country and logs off forever. I get there is active RP on some servers but most of the time it's just completely dead.

And god forbid if Funcom actually went and wiped those servers so people could play on them

I've gone back to playing on my own lan server with my partner we just turn the difficulty up

There IS building decay... it's been active on official servers ever since they implemented it years ago..

[Sanctuary]

It's so you can play with other people instead of alone. To have people to talk to and make friends with.

[Friedrich Bär]

-chat with different people
-server stays up so if you fill up your stations overnight they will get processed meanwhile in a sp game you'd have to be ON and probably modify the timer in which case some people might think is cheating
-self-restraint to not abuse npc/loot respawning since in sp the "server" only process stuff arounds the player so if you go far enough and come back it will spawn new stuff back

[The Sandal Bomber ™©]

Originally posted by Xevyr:

Originally posted by Sandal Bomber™©:

My god i literally i just had a rant about this to my partner !

Made worse by the fact that there is no building decay so someone builds enormous thing the size of a state or a small country and logs off forever. I get there is active RP on some servers but most of the time it's just completely dead.

And god forbid if Funcom actually went and wiped those servers so people could play on them

I've gone back to playing on my own lan server with my partner we just turn the difficulty up

There IS building decay... it's been active on official servers ever since they implemented it years ago..

It wouldn't look like it the amount of buildings and land grabs on official and non official servers. There is literally no where to build. And the servers are empty 90% of the time.

[Xevyr]

Yes, that's because they have been around for a while and they never wipe them.

There are a lot of "base-refreshers", because while there IS a decay system.. it only requires you to log on once a week for a few seconds to refresh them.. so you get people who don't even play anymore, but have been doing this for months because they have a hard time letting go.

If somebody has very unreasonable buildings and claiming too much land though, you can report them and there's a good chance their base will be wiped by Funcom.

(In any case, the servers are hosted on horrible and inadequate hardware so you're better off staying away from officials for the most part anyway.. )

[B.Smith]

there are also private servers, often populated by friends or at least people who get on together. the server is generally run by a couple of moderators who know everyone playing and they are invitation only generally. there are often building competitions and the server often gets wiped after the competition is over and then some other activity is arranged.

[thurgond]

If you are just logging on to a public server and seeing big buildings "everywhere" you are likely just seeing people with big bases on the noob river. I play mostly on public servers and there are always plenty of base spots, even on the most overbuilt servers. Your favorite spot may be taken, but that just means you should explore and find a new spot. Certainly get away from the river to find a location. Once you have a horse and can build a map room, any spot on the map is just a couple minutes away from anywhere.

There are plenty of reasons to play on a public PvE server. The biggest is that you can call for help when you are getting purged. Often there is plenty of polite palaver to distract from the girnd. Giving and getting help is also rewarding. Many journey steps can be completed by "accessing: another players stations before you can/need to build that. Even the buildings can be an inspiration. Among the large sandstone blocks are a number of bases that may inspire you to build something better.

[Molten Carnage]

Since there is no way to blueprint or save a structure I don't bother with MP. Without the ability to blueprint there is no way to build your favourite base unless you memorise every detail. Seriously, the devs added all kinds of features but still no BP ability?

[Jellydance]

Its called community. There are other people on this planet. You don't just leave your house and go, pft look at all these people being on my street, if they weren't here i could build anywhere i wish. If you werent there day 1 then don't expect prime locations to be still free till the bases decay.
People play official for the community of building wonderful creations for other people to get inspired by. To trade and chat among others and to just enjoy the company that a community game brings.
They choose being friendly other being isolated on a barren server.
Yes theres limitations on where you can build, yes you may have to wait for that 1 spot you've had your eye on to decay. People come n go from official pve, its a matter of time. Having limits on where you can build makes you think outside of the box. You learn to adapt and learn new ways to build.

[Wade]

I've tried PVE.

Good things:
- you can see other people's builds
- you can get nice idea what and how to build
- you can get help from other people

Bad things:
- typing in global chat is annoying, especially if you are low level, you can easily be distracted and get killed
- many popular locations are occupied, I even saw entire big island walled off
- too many big and empty buildings from other players on the map

I think I will stick with singe player for now.

[Crim π]

Originally posted by Sandal Bomber™©:

My god i literally i just had a rant about this to my partner !

Made worse by the fact that there is no building decay so someone builds enormous thing the size of a state or a small country and logs off forever. I get there is active RP on some servers but most of the time it's just completely dead.

And god forbid if Funcom actually went and wiped those servers so people could play on them

I've gone back to playing on my own lan server with my partner we just turn the difficulty up

Haven't played in a while but I avoided PvE like the plague because of this.

You're telling me this is still an issue?? I'm not surprised.

There should be building decay on PvE servers and it should be much faster due to the building grief most of them participate in to block resources.

[⭐Rodent⭐]

If you play single player you have crashes.
If you play Online you have disconnects.

It is a matter of masochistic taste.

[Wade]

Originally posted by A Face in the Crowd シ 🔴:

If you play single player you have crashes.
If you play Online you have disconnects.

It is a matter of masochistic taste.

50 hours and I didn't experience a single crash.