Solution: NM conflict between hardcore and casual

[Shiyo]

Stopped reading when you said casual players deserve "hardcore lite" equipment.
Or Equipment -1

Not going to work that way. Give casual players full access to THAT gear, or you can find another game hardcores.
3 hours a day unlocks the full game for everyone or you walk.

Let's have our chars start @ 99 and in the best gear in the game too! I only have 3 mins to play, I deserve it all too!

I'm not hardcore at all. Games become boring when everyone has the same gear and accomplishments, I like looking up to people with insane things done and cool stuff. I LIKE seeing things I'll never(or take a long time 99.99% of the time) get but other players will. It gives me goals and things to do

Me having the same gear as everyone, including extreme hardcores = boring game. I get bored fast and have nothing to do. Ex: WOW, rift.

I started FFXI in 2003ish. I didn't finish/start COP until like 2008/2009. I didn't get any end game gear until then either, did I complain? Did I quit? No. I wanted the gear badly, I wanted haidate, senju, perdu, usukane boots, I wanted rajas, I wanted sea access, I wanted to do limbus and stuff. I didn't complain, I didn't whine, I still had plenty of things to do and keep me occupied. Eventually, I got around to doing it all, and getting everything I wanted. When I completed COP, I had a great feeling inside of me, I felt like I earned something, like I accomplished something. Same thing with most of my gear, I felt like I EARNED IT and it felt great.

As a casual player, I don't want stuff handed to me. When things are too easy, too accessible, too casual, when everyone has the same things, the game feels old, stale, boring. There are no accomplishments, there is no earning everything. Giving everyone everything is dumb, and horrible. it takes away the joys of accomplishment and earning things. The game becomes boring very fast when you have no goals to aim for. I wonder how hardcore players feel? They must get bored so fast.

I'M CASUAL AND I WANT HARDCORE CONTENT, WEIRD HUH?

Edit: My LS does events like twice a week, for 3 hours, 6 hours total of the week. We kill the level 50 NM's multiple times and the fights are a joke, and we get drops, and gear. How much more casual do you want this game to be? 6 hours a week and access to ALL the content already, I mean seriously?