# Keeping PvE players in EVE **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/keeping-pve-players-in-eve/305455 "2021-04-13T21:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 138
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/keeping-pve-players-in-eve/305455/138 "2021-04-21T11:57:38Z")
> [@PJ\_Jones](#): > > Without PVE players, > this game would force you to stop mindlessly blowing stuff up, > and start doing all the background manufacturing that PVE players do. You make a mistake to think there is no overlap between PvE and PvP players. If all the players who never do PvP would leave the game, the rest of the playerbase that does both PvE and PvP will happily continue playing without any problems\*. Kind regards, a PvE and PvP player \*The only minor problem would be that there are less targets to shoot at --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/keeping-pve-players-in-eve/305455)._