There is only one amazing AI - you know it, you know it, you know it....who? - Baba Ji. All bad things started to happen when he was banished from the forums. Baba come back and save PVE!
Hmm. I love the idea of the PVE elements described to us. We haven't really seen enough of the PVP game to guess how important the PVE will be to the game. We haven't seen PVE play either. So... what did the Devs say? PVE is 10% and PVP is 90%? I guess I'd say, OP, PVE is 10% important to EC.
I would be immensely disappointed if pve were cut. Delayed I am fine with. I was planning on using PvE for the nights when i need a lower stress less competitive play and still get a kill count that satiates my stress relieving blood lust. I was also planning on using it to experiment with different styles and loadouts.
More variety is never a bad thing, and the PvE game modes could allow people to influence the war efforts in ways that PvP wouldn't allow. I'd personally enjoy the game a lot more if I was having a bad day PvP wise and just wanted to blast through masses of Tyranids in a different environment. A broad range of different activities is only going to keep people interested for longer because they can find something to suit them without needing to boot up a completely different game. We've been promised a fair bit in regards to this game mode, but even if it was roughly similar to SM's Exterminatus mode (which was passable, but had a lot more potential) I'd still be OK with it.
Well, personally, I'm only interested in PVPing certain people... Valrak... Laanshor... Oh, and welcome to the exclusive list Dark Knight!
I like them both equally, if you do one all the time you eventually get burnt out. It's always good to change it up now and then, for me it keeps it more exciting.