>>96302041
Combat is a big part of the game and people do find enjoyment in plain combat.

Even if you do everything to avoid combat, its going to happen eventually since any trick is bound to fail and put you in a position you can't run away from.

For example, in one of my games, my party was exploring a cave and raiders came. Failed any attempt to intimidate them and was forced to fight our way through.

Sounds like you're used to playing with a very lenient DM with games playing out like Adventure is Nigh.