PvP is what it is but without a major pve revamp we will continue to bleed players and gain no new ones.
The game isn't -blam!- difficult but my goodness is it tedious. Bosses have way too much health that results in all but the most optimized builds having to do the same mechanics over and over.
There are some interesting ideas and puzzles in the game but if you have to do them over and over it's just a time waste. Not actual challenge.
Compare this to a boss in a FROM software game. Different genre but the point is those bosses are considered some of the hardest bosses in gaming. But the fights rarely last more than a few minutes.
There are ways to increase difficulty or challenge that don't involve wasting so much time.
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PvE needs to respect our time? How can playmode in a videogame display human behaviours? If you choose to play a videogame to waste your time and you are not entertained or satisfied with what you've chosen to do then how is the problem not of your own making?