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[Demon6324236]

I define casual as people who don't run out and try to gear themselves the best way possible.

My RDM is about the only job I care enough about gearing to its fullest. If you saw how much RDM gear I actually have and use in all you might understand why its the only job I do that with, it takes to much room, lately I have been gearing up my DRK as well and that 1 extra job has already started to make it hard for me to have room for things.

Looking at your FFXI AH profile, I see an 85 Almace, and BLU AF3+1 head/hands/feet.

Almace is 85 & 25/75 Horns, I normally get them when someone in my ls needs seals from DK, I go WAR with their seal party, kill DK a few times, get a brew, and knock em out. Unlike many people I do not have a ls for much, mine is mainly a social ls, I made it back when I had little time to play and now don't really want to leave it, alot of good friends there I probably wouldn't talk to much if I was gone.

I would get the Almace to 90 and +2 the other stuff, then look at the gear as being 'average.'

I use BLU as a proc job in VW since its very easy to get parties with, probably not worth the bother of +2ing to me. Almace is on its way to being 90 whenever I feel like picking up the pace and doing it.

A hardcore player would have their 1 empyrean at 99, or have 2-3 90s at least IMO.

I see 1500 plates as stupid and would rather fund my Excalibur a little more seeing as I am about 75% done with it. Other emps would be nice, again, social ls so I don't get alot of help on those, and unlike other people I am not particularly fond of dualboxing. Leveling has nothing to do with anything else, I could make a new character today and get every job unlocked on the new character as well as every job to 99 in a month or less I'm sure.



As for your 2nd part, I like things like Relics in general, as I said before, someone with little time can make 1, someone who plays the game all day everyday can make 1, just 1 person makes it faster than the other. This means both player groups can access the content, obtain the same rewards in the end, the "Hardcore" person keeps their edge, and all is good for everyone.

[Habu]

Excuses from a casual trying not to be so casual while casually being casual.

[Demon6324236]

Excuses from a casual trying not to be so casual while casually being casual.

Tell yourself what you like, I really don't give a damn at this point.

[Rosina]

So after all of the maintenances that happened that reset HNM timers you still only saw one? LIke I said if you play from the times you do it's mathematically impossible to have only seen Behemoth, if you actually went out when windows were open. I guess you were just too busy leveling low level jobs to worry about a crucial piece for MNK.

Gear is only subjective past a certain point, a point that player hasn't crossed yet.

Here's some math for you 7am-12am =/= 20hours.

cuz sorry i'm not gona check ever hour on the hour for a hnm they may or may not be there. 7am-12am was my typical play time. I said i am able to play 20 hrs a day. gear is and will always be subject in rpg. Its how they work. different gear for different stuff based on how u wished to play jobs.

i had friends helping me get my mnk items and was on call when windows were up. And when when i could if I wasn't asleep. in most cases i was on my was to bed when a window was up. And i rather not stay up.

[Habu]

If you want something bad enough that you're complaining about it then maybe you should put some effort into actually trying to get said item.

[Camiie]

I define casual as people who don't run out and try to gear themselves the best way possible.
http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Phoenix/Demonjustin
Looking at your FFXI AH profile, I see an 85 Almace, and BLU AF3+1 head/hands/feet. I consider you casual because I find this gear to be bad and I would not wear it. I would get the Almace to 90 and +2 the other stuff, then look at the gear as being 'average.' A hardcore player would have their 1 empyrean at 99, or have 2-3 90s at least IMO. They would also have full AF3+2 for any job they played since abyssea has been out for a long time. Leveling lots of stuff does not make you hardcore IMO.

Have you considered that what you're seeing is a work in progress? Maybe he's not done yet.

Oh but wait, every job and every gearset is always a work in progress. Even yours. As long as SE continues to produce new gear you won't always be fully equipped in BiS gear yourself. If you're a piece or two or three behind someone else does that make you casual? Does it make you casual compared to the person who's got the newest BiS before you?

He may be casual. He may not be. He may be on a newly leveled job in the process of gearing up. Was there a time on any of your jobs where you may have been using +1 gear and an 85 relic/mythic/empyrean or did you somehow skip straight to AF3+2 and level 90+ weapons?

[saevel]

I define casual as people who don't run out and try to gear themselves the best way possible.

So where exactly would I fall in at on your list...

www.ffxiah.com/player/Lakshmi/Saevel

I consider myself a "casual" due to my playtime. Between my career, which I desire vertical movement in, and my GF whom I will most likely marry, that doesn't leave much time to sit around doing stuff. I play between 12 and 14 hours per week which is concentrated on the weekends. Something like world spawed NM's is completely out of the question for myself and anyone else who has a job + social life. There simply isn't enough time in the day to do all those things and still live in the real world.

[wish12oz]

The funniest part about this thread, is people who take being called casual as an insult.

[Demon6324236]

The funniest part about this thread, is people who take being called casual as an insult.

No it is being used as a comment to hurt my argument, as such I am trying to avoid the title I don't think I even fit for that reason. If I'm a casual it can be claimed I have no idea what hardcore players want, so my argument is hurt. If I am in fact a hardcore player but this is said, people will still take it as a reason my argument is less valid.

[Habu]

They don't like being called casuals because deep down they wish they were hardcore.