What is Midcore? Why does it matter?

[Renathras]

I don't think that the statement that 'Extreme/Savage are aimed at the midcore playerbase' is intended to give offense. It's a statement of fact - pretty much anyone can work through it, given enough time. If you're not even getting your feet wet, how do you know how difficult it is to swim? What's being described is not even 'casual', it's just flat out non-participatory.

I've given up on clearing GolbEx for the time being. I spent several weeks in it and could never find a party where at LEAST 3-4 people didn't die during Gales 2. It took about 3 weeks before I consistently got PF groups that could clear the first pushback well, and people would still mess up from time to time, causing a wipe. Gales 2 clears, even now, are mostly "a healer survived and used LB3", which only works...until Gales 3 hits.

I've just given up. Note I've cleared most Extremes ON PATCH (often within the first few weeks) since 5.0, and the ones I didn't, shortly after (usually due to busy life stuff since I was in the military for part of that time). This is the first Extreme in 4 years that I've just decided not to bother with after about two months of trying to find a functional PF group that could clear 5 body checks in a single fight and not finding one able to do so.

No, that's not midcore. That's hardcore. And it's not "non-participatory". I can't do two healer LB3s in a row to make up for party mistakes (and that's when I'm NOT the healer paired with someone mucking up the mechanics consistently enough I get one-shot by being the only person in my 2 man circle because my partner died to gales AGAIN and I die through absolutely no fault of my own and have NO WAY TO CORRECT FOR THIS no matter how skilled I am at my Job or the game).