Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
That depends on the player. I do not do anything I listed in casual (outside of unlocking stuff, and expert roulette, usually about 10x per patch).
In that respect, I think you're in a very small minority. I have to do all kinds of "casual" things to support midcore raiding, like keeping up with my tomes, relic, earning gil for crafted gear as I don't craft (yet), grinding Alex NM for drops (next patch it'll be the next 24-man for drops), and that's JUST to support my "raiding", I also try to level my crafters and gatherers and increase reputation with beast tribes as a long-term investment, and things like PotD and Aquapolis just for fun.

I'm inclined to think most of the "mid core" pop is like me and not like you. And it's totally fine to make the choices that you do, but there's not going to be enough content in that tiny category alone to hold you over for a whole patch. That's totally unfeasible from a cost perspective.