Right, that's the angle I'm coming from, it's not just hours. Note there's no complaint in my comment, either: Historically I don't have much of an issue with the P99 raid scene. For all its faults the high-end guilds aren't exclusive and just about anyone can see the content if they really want to. The folks who get upset tend to be the folks who want to deck themselves out in high-end stuff on a 9-5 schedule like they can in instanced games.
(EDIT) My stance on guild bots is simple enough: I have fun on my guy. I don't have fun on a Cleric or some such. If I did, I'd play one instead of what I have. I'm not inclined to spend my free time doing something I loathe. If some guild didn't want me on my own guy, they shouldn't invite me. However, that's a personal opinion; more generally I'd regard a casual player as someone having some or most of the characteristics I describe, not necessarily all of them. You yourself may well be a genuinely casual player this past half year or so. Folks can and do change their status/activity level/mindset over time. Certainly we see enough of it in the opposite direction, formerly casual players get sucked up into the rat race to eventually burn out, quit, and hate the game.
Danth
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