Not exactly!
Especially 3 years ago, pve had no reasons, no real goal after some time. The only goal was build more or quit and do it all over again. After a month of gaming in a pve server you had literally everything, even the most rare, but for what reason? None, just collector, nothing else.
Pvp could break this monotony and give you thrilling options that no other aspect of the game can.
In a pve server a player has to finish a dungeon.
In a pvp server finishing a dungeon means nothing if you won’t return home with the loot you gained.
Plenty of times people were lurking naked in dungeons just to signal others, so in the exit most of the times you had to give another fight before you go home. All these became different after the sorcery update. Even the fifth key of warmakers dungeon has a great meaning now. You can finish the dungeon, open a door, call your thrall in the room and remove bracelet. From your base you can summon your corpse and rescue your thrall.
But is it necessary to carry thralls with you on pvp servers? I believe the answer is no. Golems work way better than thralls, give you buffs and there nothing to loot than some lotus flowers if it dies.
Same as zombies, in a war party session you can have 4 with you, they are annoying and they hit very hard.
As for archers, they were always almost useless in pvp and now they are more vulnerable than ever, so the only reason you need archers is purge, not base defense. You need them on cauldrons, or to take some agro in pve, so you can easily hire froom Buccaneers bay dancers, fighters and archers to do the meat shield job.
Even if you wish something better, you can go on volcano with purple orbs, zero conflict and gather an army with decent weapons in less than an hour to have better meat shield.
The materials with the perks existed now are a joke to gather, literally joke compared 3 years ago.
So pvp has less pve as long as you know how to use every single aspect and mechanics of the game.
Thralls are not the only defense now, neither the best offense. People can raid your building even with golems now or battering ram.
And the banners, especially the Captain is better than any thrall you have in the game.
I disagree, this will be game breaking, easy is not acceptable from pvp community.
Check older topics for the khitan merchants and the obolus market.
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