Since they decided to make it a more “regular” MMO with PVE and PVP content, the PVE side needs a big jump in quality. Most older MMOs do it much better.
Most games have similar kind of quests, kill something, grab something or go somewhere. That’s nothing new, and the game does it pretty much the same as others. But there are several things that can be made to spice up the experience. From NPCs changing position closer to the quest zone so you don’t need to go back to the village and then back and forth several times, for example. Also having NPC’s actually walk with us in some parts, even fight with us in some parts.
You can’t tell me it’s too complicated for the engine if games made a decade ago with a 15 year old engine can do it.
Also actually have important recurring NPC’s during the story. I’m lv 57 and so far I’ve seen 2 recurring NPC’s, o e if which we battle against after he gets corrupted, without any kind of emotional investment, and the other one who just appears a couple of times. That is not enough.
The game is improving, adding enemy waves or destroying objects in newer quests, but if they want people to actually give a damn about the game lore, story and PVE side in general, they really need to improve the PVE experience in general.
I’m sure others also have good ideas to I prove PVE, what would you do?
Also before someone comes in and say this is a PVP game only, that ship sailed a long time ago.