Quote Originally Posted by Zaaku View Post
Those are the kinds of players that will stick with an MMO for years and years and years. What we have now is going to be a constant hit and quit fest as the casual crowd wanders off or loses interest when they can keep pumping out end game raids fast enough to keep up with their insane leveling ability.
Contrary to popular belief, boredom is not what drives casuals away. It's asinine decisions and changes in design that drive casuals away. I eventually got sick of FFXI's snail-paced progression. I spent close to 3 years in WoW, then WoW made very stupid design choices that caused me to start looking around. Then abyssea came out, which prompted me (and many others) to return under the hopes of finally being able to progress. When the jobisms facilitated by the proc system and RDM's standing at the time became apparent, I started looking around again. WoW had made their apologies for their earlier stupidity with patches 3.2 and 3.3. So I returned again.

Believe me, none of my switches were because I got bored of content. I just chose to not stick around like a battered wife.