Lol, ok, and back when i played on a PvE server way way back, those same mature players were the ones that would make a lvl1 horde alt to angry whisper me about killing their flagged paladin in the Plaguelands.
Sweeping generalizations work though.
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Why would you pick on a Paladin in the Plaguelands? Itâs hard enough for them 
I donât know why they would say those things, but I always enjoy going through each expansion and seeing the story/lore take place without the interruptions. But, here lately the story is going on a weird ride (for now) because I really donât know where Blizzard is trying to take us in the story. But, to answer the the question that was asked âAre PvE servers bad?â No, not that I can see; I get to see the helpful sides both Horde and Alliance no matter which side Iâm playing on that day (getting buffs, sometimes free 6 slot bags, heals, and help with mods by grouping up).
I have characters on both so far and my Tauren is my highest. PVE servers for me are a place I can just log in, go quest, and have a fun time at my own pace. PVP servers for me are more of âpay attention to my surroundingsâ and at times is hard for me to actually get into my character, because the threat, at least to me, is fun at times but not always.
Therefore I play mainly PVE 
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Not unless CRZ is introduced.
CRZ was nuts when it first happened. I played on an RP-PvP server back when it was introduced, and theyâd said the RP-PvP servers would eventually be CRZâed with each other. So all six RP-PvP servers didnât have to deal with the new system at first.
But PvE and PvP servers? It wasnât uncommon to have 20 servers CRZed together This happened with Fizzcrank; I had alts there and some poor, dedicated (and frustrated) soul actually counted how many non-Fizzcrank names s/he saw and posted it in General and the realm forum, IIRC.
Now link 20 PvP servers together, regardless of faction balance and population size. There were a ton of âWoohoo! WPVP again!â threads. There were also a ton of âI rolled on Big PvP Server to RAID, not PvP!â threads. That was when the first wave of transfers from PvP servers happened. And for some servers, the effect didnât take long to notice. As I remember someone plainatively posted, âWe told them to move (to PvE servers), and they did.â
That was back at the beginning of MoP. The cycle of get-tired-of-being-overwhelmed/transfer-or-reroll-or-stop grew over the years since.
For the record, War Mode is Blizzardâs idea. Players who wanted a solution wanted either a limit on attacking people X levels lower than you, or bulk/reduced transfers off PvP servers.
My plan is, run back from the graveyard after the lvl skull rogue ambushed me 100-0. Then log out and go play another game until he gets bored.
donât be a quitter
I just play on a pve server with friends, and if we want to pvp, we flag up. If we want to quest or work on tradeskills, we unflag.
Pve servers let me decide what type of gameplay I want. Pvp servers do not.
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Mama says PVP servers are the devil.
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That is precisely the point.
Im a proud little carebear. I have less time to play the game now than I did back in the day. I canât spend my evenings corpse running. I donât want to spend time getting to a zone, seeing my faction is getting ganked, and have to spend time finding another zone.
The one thing I hated about pservers was the lack of a PVE option. Getting killed by max level enemies isnât fun for me and neither is going back at max level and killing lowbies.
I spent 6 hours last night in STV with alliance all around. Had a very enjoyable time. Hell, there was two Alliance who pulled the elite crocolisk and I helped kill him. Later a low health alliance guy was running from two trolls and I killed them and saved him. Iâm not ashamed.
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pve and pvp is lost due to retail lobotomy. no one groups exept for instances and everyone is affraid to scrape their nailpolish in pvp
It was a joke, and you took it very seriously. Maybe your mother actually does pack your lunch lol
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BINGO! Itâs the choice. If I want to skirmish with a few alliance in a contested zone Iâll flag up and PVP. But it gives the option to ignore it or unflag if some high level enemy comes in looking to gank.
âŠThatâs literally what a pve server is. The pvp âoptionâ. If pvp servers had it, they would just be pve servers.
PVPers can play the game how they want to play it and PVEers can play the game how they want to play it. Weâll all have fun, sound good?
What i was saying is i didnât like that private servers didnât have a PVE choice. They were all PVP only.
My bad, I misunderstood
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No sweat. To your point, thatâs exactly why i like PVE. I can choose to flag myself if Iâm feeling saucy. Lol.
if you donât want to deal with children ganking low level zones or only attacking you when they have the advantage then pve is definitely for you.
also if youâre one of those people with zero respect for other gamers and want to flex your eween, cause yours is tiny, by 2 shotting people 30 levels lower than you, its a good reason to roll pvp server.
myself, i enjoy the interruption. the only time i ever initiated a fight with an alliance member without cause is when blizzard added free gear to alliance for going war mode. to me thatâs proper cause though. so iâve yet to ever initiate a fight with the opposing faction, i do rather enjoy finishing it.
thereâs also the odd fun of going where alliance is ganking to have some world pvp. there used to always be some 60âs on my server in hillsbrad. pretty sure bradbury lived there. so that was always a fun thing to do.
then again, its something pve servers can also do, just flag pvp and voila. youâll experience the same thing. people will only flag themselves when they get the upper hand with the rare time wanting some decent pvp.
overall, spontaneous pvp happens so rarely that there isnât much difference between pve and pvp. if youâre lucky youâll get some once an hour. excluding zones like hillsbrad and stv.