Casual player?

[Randy]

I consider myself casual for the fact one week I may play 30+ hours, then not play at all the next.

[eqravenprince]

I'm curious what people consider casual? I base it on number of hours spent. Or is hardcore the people that go to dungeons to level over safer places like Oasis? Every day on my lunch break I check this site, there are around 500 people online. So there are a lot of people that have night jobs, no jobs, or don't live in the US. My assumption is over half the server is hardcore if not more. The hardcore people aren't voting cause they are off playing EQ.

[quellren]

Originally Posted by eqravenprince [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm curious what people consider casual? {snipped..}

From Post #1

For the purpose of the poll take it as meaning not bothered about epics/raiding/high end content/poopsocking etc. and are just as happy wandering around Befallen as they are the planes.

[jeffd]

it's hilarious that anyone thinks 10-year-old emulated content is important enough to warrant having anything other than a passing interest in it.

[quellren]

Originally Posted by jeffd [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it's hilarious that anyone thinks 10-year-old emulated content is important enough to warrant having anything other than a passing interest in it.

it's hilarious that anyone thinks someones' opinion of others interest in 10-year-old emulated content is important.

[dethbringre]

casual but not by choice.

[eqravenprince]

Originally Posted by jeffd [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it's hilarious that anyone thinks 10-year-old emulated content is important enough to warrant having anything other than a passing interest in it.

Chess has been around for over a 1000 years and still has plenty of dedicated players. I guess that's hilarious too.

[Kich]

I don't get why people refer to casual / hardcore as a mentality, they can even be exclusive from each other. I think the problem really lies in the word 'hardcore' as it easily has two meanings when referring to online games. There is the time definition of hardcore and the playstyle definition of hardcore. Casual is similar in that it has a double meaning. Either time definition or playstyle definition. That's how I define those at least...

Casual (Time) - Logging on maybe 3 or fewer days a week for only a few hours, or frequently throughout the week for smaller sessions. In any event, it implies that not that much time per week is spent on the game.

Casual (Playstyle) - Not being focused on character progression. Any MMO game's entire underlying purpose is character progression, consistent deviation from this would imply playing the game in a very casual manner.

Hardcore (Time) - Logging on semi frequently to frequently for long periods of time.

Hardcore (Playstyle) - Putting character progression as a primary goal.


I play casually, but hardcore. I spend very little time playing, but when I do so, I am playing it in a way that would emphasize character progression more than anything else.

There were times I played World of Warcraft hardcore, but in a casual way--logging on mostly just to speak to guild mates and help some people out if they needed it.

You can mix and match those definitions and their gradients to describe your own habits.

[Darklake]

Which is why I put in the definition for the purpose of the poll, and put the word casual in speech marks; the thread was spawned from the rotations discussions.

You could describe Bob as hardcore, but other than the value of the goods he's not going to care where it came from or how many socks were pooped in to get it.

[Torqumada286]

Casual, casual. I'll eventually try to get in on various raids since they are part of the game experience, but it's not a big deal for me.

Torqumada