LOL If you read my posts I am far from hardcore and I would thank you not to label me as such. I have not fought twintania and I have no intention to I dont sit there endlessly grinding chocobo levels or looking at other plyers gear thinking I have to get that. I am quite casual in my gameplay... I play a game to have fun, however I find no fun in having a game spoon fed to me or my pace of a game determined by others or having others pace determined by me.... I ask you this what exactly is your definition of hardcore ?
To me Hardcore is someone who seeks advancement and follows through with it. Casual is someone who plays the game to simply be entertained we dont care about what others think and we dont look at others gear and go I should be able to get that if I cant imma rage. Then you have those who want to be hardcore but cant for some reason (real life, lack of skill, dial up internet whatever) but want what a hardcore person has so they demand that the platform be lowered so they can get onto it. Thats not casual thats wanting to be hardcore being envious that you cant then whining, demanding the hardcore people get down off the platform and join them, then when it doesnt happen they all come sit and claim to be casual and say that the entirety of the casual player base feels like they do when really us who are truely casual rarely interact with the hardcore because simply put WE DONT CARE WE JUST WANT TO PLAY AND HAVE FUN and we want no interaction with the want to be hardcore people. THATS toxic. You can Tote me as hardcore all you like I took an EXTREMELY casual aproach to this game (this character wasnt even doing coil until like 2 weeks before CT came out) I played and had fun as much as I could but even with a relaxed aproach I finished the content I enjoyed. I dont ask that the game be catered to my whims I ask that ALL players see their needs met both casual hardcore and those in between its your camp that demand everything be catered to them and ONLY them. Its to hard ? Nerf it it takes time ? NERF IT. It takes effort ? NERF IT. thats all I hear on these forums if you really were casual you woudnt care about what others do or get you would log in have your bit of fun and log out, maybe come to the forums to offer some opinions here and there for improvement to your way of playing NOT to voice how others way of playing is somehow ruining your life. Progression of your character is secondary.
I just ran out of fun.