Quote Originally Posted by whiskeybravo View Post
The reason it's casual content is because it's not difficult. The time spent doing one or the other is irrelevant as far as classifying content as casual or hardcore. I could spend 5 hours a day gathering mats - but we don't say gathering is a hardcore activity..

Relics have always been casual content. A new or different way to zerg mobs til your eyes bleed doesn't change that.
What is and isn't casual/hardcore is heavily subjective. For example:

You have one player that plays 14 hours a day until they barf, but doesn't clear anything considered endgame tier. That's 98 hours a week. Would you classify them as a casual gamer or a hardcore gamer?

Then on the other hand, you could have the raider log in, clear all content and get their Savage weeklies and even beat Ultimate Bahamut all within 5 hours and never be seen again for the rest of the week until reset. Would you classify them as a casual gamer or a hardcore gamer?