I play in a PVE server and I enjoy being friendly and helpful. Providing map rooms and generally building private or public works and searching for the perfect thrall. The building pieces are beautiful. It would be a shame if I had to stack fence foundations and pillars to make walls that are optimally placed to withstand explosions, or place 5 gates in a row or game the system in some funky way to make it a game of attrition and resource expensive to deter raids. I don’t find that appealing and I watched enough vids to see how it would be a turn off for me personally.
If I want a PvP fix, I go to other games that are specifically built and balanced for PvP. BRs, MOBAs, MK11, Tekken 7 etc