I’ve personally always believed there are far more casual than hardcore players on P99. It just doesn’t appear that way because so many of them log in rarely. Keep in mind that casual means “anyone not hardcore”, so that includes someone who only logs in on the weekends, someone who only logs in every other week, someone who only logs in 1-2 times a month, and everyone in between
In every other MMO in history, there has always been more casual than hardcore players. If it’s a MMO’s goal to make money, then it is a stupid business decision to cater more to hardcore players. The only games in my opinion where this doesn’t apply are collectible card games, because these games often have a “the sky is the limit” for benefits for money spent. This means just a handful of rich whales can be spending an amount of money 10-50+x as much as casuals. But for every other game, catering mostly to hardcore players desires spells the doom of your game, financially
Of course P99 is not trying to make money, so they can cater to whoever they want. Just pointing out us casuals are the bigger force on this server, numbers-wise. You just don’t see us online as often, so you have the perception there are more hardcores. But we are the silent majority
Also, four 10 hour shifts are vastly superior to 5 eights. I would take a significant pay cut to still be able to work four 10’a and have fri-sun off in a different job rather than 5 eights
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