I was ganked while riding from Heidel to Velia. I asked the person why they did it. The reply was simply that "it was fun". They have added tons of PvP content recently and increased penalties but here we are. 

Yeah, I don't understand that kind of behavior, but I still think that further pvp restrictions to prevent conveniences from a few misfits are bad for the game.

You justified your position with a claim about New World.  Also, I think the BDO stat is fabricated.  I never read that.

I live on Arsha servers, despite no penalty PvP, I have only been killed once in the last 6 months (ish). Yes PKers exist, but thats the nature of the game. You dont lose anything except for time, and maybe buffs if you are grinding.

Yes getting randomly PK'd sucks. But also consider the affect a PvE only server will have. Grind spots flooded, lifeskill spots flooded. I like the idea, but its a horribly bad idea in reality. Random PKs are so rare, and PKs even at grind spots are so uncommon that a PvE server just... it will be a bad idea imo.

"I don't care"

... Yep, that exactly the problem in MMORPG, nowadays.

And you don't get why people are trying to argue, while you try to argue. GG.

There are do many things that have been done toward a pure pve playstyle in BDO, that trying to remove what's left of owpvp is only the result of an obsession and bias against the very existence of owpvp. Not even its use, but its existence. 

I played every season so far, and I only once had an issue on season servers where someone came to my rotation and started grinding over me, and they left after 10 minutes of me ignoring them.

The OP is not asking for all servers to be made PVE.  He's asking for some.  If people feel that going to a spot that's overcrowded is better than going to a spot where you can get flagged on or fed to mobs, wouldn't that be their choice?

Meanwhile, I don't know if this discussion has irritated some people, but I got killed 4 times in the last 24 hours. 3 times while training (on different servers) and once while fishing. I'm not interfering with anyone's gameplay while doing those activities.

Since you're mentioning "I want, I don't want, I am. e.t.c." as any other who wants a PvE server here without exception, here's a simple answer to your headache:

Enter in Elvia in a distant place from Heidel and use afk riding at your leisure. And the chances to encounter someone at distant places is 1 to 1000.

Instead of demanding special attention because "I have a PTSD. I want this! I hate PK!"

Learn to solve those problems by yourself.

Also nobody has shown any visible evidence the amount and % of players demanding a so called "PvE server" and they care only about themselves. Arguement destroyed.

Oh and almost forgot. "They want this thing!" Who is "they"?

That's simply another way to give more power to players with a really high gear ; moreover, you give them the full ability to use the fotm class for the spot.

And they may do it even if they do not have any problem with owpvp, if they can get a bigger benefit in the end. 

In the process, it hurts classes which are not the best in grinding but which could stand their ground with pvp.

That's why having pure pve servers will have an impact on regular channels, the two situations are closely related and if it bribes players, it will remove them from regular channels, even if they have a really good gear and no problem with owpvp.

In the end, a FFA owpvp or a pure pve setting in BDO will simply give power to the same kind of person, they'll simply drive you out of the spot through different means. And no matter how, it's still a matter of one player being interrupted.

Some may see ks as a better alternative, for me it's the exact same kind of rude interruption. Only a better set of owpvp rules could regulate that. 

It's not a PvP game and I think that kind of comment is a bit moronic to be honest.  Fortnite is a PvP game, CoD Online is a PvP game, etc.  When a game offers such aspects as lifeskills, trading, and has the first 50+ levels without PvP of any kind, how can you possibly class it as a PvP game.  Just having it as an end game scenario does not make it the complete game.  

A PvE server would only show how little PvP the game actually has as most people would migrate the moment it opened.  BDO would end up with probably 1 or 2 PvP servers and the rest would be PvE... it would also gain a much much healthier and permanent user total.  13 million subs to this game with around 20,000 active daily (according to steam).  That would quadruple, or higher if they added PvE servers.  It's a stupid business decision by Pearl Abyss to keep flogging a dead horse trying to make PvP a dominant feature of a game that would survive better as PvE.

Throne and Liberty might be the game to make Pearl Abyss rethink their current strategy as it has node wars, etc but it does not force PvP down your throat and make PvE players part of the game for cowardly PK'rs

I wouldn't care if they made some pve servers, but I think it dilutes the population and is a waste of resources.   I also don't appreciate the hyperbole he used.  They just aren't true.