This game isn't for hardcore players

[LineageRazor]

I'm a bit curious as to why folks equate "casual player" to fickle loyalty? As I've always understood it, to be a casual player means to not devoting all one's free time to a single game. Hardcore players grind and grind to be the best of the best, as soon as possible, while casual players take their time. A casual player, given time, will be as effective a player as a hardcore player, provided that new content hasn't been released that left that particular plateau in the dust.

A player can be casual AND loyal. In fact a casual player is MORE LIKELY to be loyal, as it takes them much, much longer to completely consume the content offered by a game, whereas the hardcore players will quickly devour all there is to be had, and then sit spinning their wheels doing the same thing week after week, complaining about lack of new content (which, when they DO get new content, they use up in a week or two), until they jump ship because they simply can't take the boredom.

There are people who flit from flavor-of-the-week to flavor-of-the-week. There are casual players. These categories, of course, intersect, but they do not completely overlap.

[Morticous]

I'm a bit curious as to why folks equate "casual player" to fickle loyalty? .

Its a stereo type situation where maybe not everyone in the category do it.. but its a pretty prominent issue with that category. I've known enough casual type players to hop MMOs without ever finishing the content they offer.

[TheUltimate3]

I'm a bit curious as to why folks equate "casual player" to fickle loyalty?

Offshoot of the the whole Casual v Hardcore War, except when applied to Free2Play Games.

In Free2Play MMOs, casuals are seen as the ones most likely to leave a game when it is 1) to grindy, 2) to hard, 3) not new anymore, and go off into another game. On the flip side, a hardcore is a player that sticks to one game through everything, no matter how bad the game is, how difficult the game is, or how old it is.

Because Casuals are less invested (via time) to the game than hardcore gamers are, it is not uncommon for hardcores to believe that casuals will leave a game at the drop of a hat once the new shiny comes out, which they do quite often in F2P games.

[Gamemako]

I'm a bit curious as to why folks equate "casual player" to fickle loyalty?

Because they are bitter that they don't get their way. No, really, that's all there is to it. On the flipside, insult players for being OCD, stuck-in-a-rut no-lifers. Goes both ways.

[ReiszRie]

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or casuals can meant players who devotes most of their time to real-life responsibilities and are only able to game for a small number of hours a week.

I'd say I'm a casual and I have FF14 on auto-renewal, the monthly subscription isn't significant enough for me to actively unsubscribe and re-subscribe whenever i feel like or don't feel like playing, I just keep it subscribed perpetually and I don't have plans in the near future to stop subscribing.

On the other-hand, I don't have the time to devote to multiple MMOs, as such I tend not to switch around whenever a new game is out.

I'd like to see more non-combat based content though, alot of times I log in just to hang around and enjoy Eorzea and having non-combat content would perhaps rinforce the immersion of "living" in the world of Eorzea and partaking in activities the ordinary folks do.

[Goodberry]

or casuals can meant players who devotes most of their time to real-life responsibilities and are only able to game for a small number of hours a week.

I'd say I'm a casual and I have FF14 on auto-renewal, the monthly subscription isn't significant enough for me to actively unsubscribe and re-subscribe whenever i feel like or don't feel like playing, I just keep it subscribed perpetually and I don't have plans in the near future to stop subscribing.

On the other-hand, I don't have the time to devote to multiple MMOs, as such I tend not to switch around whenever a new game is out.

I'd like to see more non-combat based content though, alot of times I log in just to hang around and enjoy Eorzea and having non-combat content would perhaps rinforce the immersion of "living" in the world of Eorzea and partaking in activities the ordinary folks do.

Yes! I'd like more non-combat content too, and more reasons to roam around in the open world. Leveling the gathering professions is terribly grindy, but at least it makes you travel!