Quote Originally Posted by Demon6324236 View Post
Tell me how am I a casual again?
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.

But seriously, like I said in the other thread, 21+ hour repop NMs do NOT give hardcore players stuff to do or items other people cannot get. It gives those things to bots, and only to bots. You can stand in 1 spot waiting for a mob all day, but when it pops if you do not have the means to claim it, it doesn't matter how much you play. A grinding system like obtaining a relic by farming dynamis everyday would work to give hardcore players stuff casuals couldnt get (as long as you couldnt buy currency) So would a system like neo nyzul where you have to be able to clear X number of floors to even have a chance at getting the gear, and then you have to spam the event every possible chance in order to get the stuff. These are the types of systems I support. Being required to bot camp a 21+ hour repop mob for a drop is retarded and a step backward at this point in time.