Why do casual players seem entitled to cosmetic items added in game?

[AmiableApkallu]

Depending on who you ask though, Field Operations are "midcore" content, and as someone who peeked into Eureka after unlocking it, I could tell it was beyond me and skipped it.

Eureka is basically wandering trash mobs and FATEs. Mechanically, it's the same as ye olde overworld map, except elemental affinities matter and different kinds of trash aggro on different kinds of mechanics -- which, if anything, makes Eureka more Final Fantasy-like than MSQ combat.

That's as casual as casual can be short of removing combat entirely. The one bit that isn't is an optional raid that unlocks after the main story concludes, and the process has you click through like three or four, "So, you do understand that this raid is challenging, yes?" dialogs.

What did you actually see in your "peek" that you think is beyond you?

[NamiRocket]

Eureka is basically wandering trash mobs and FATEs. Mechanically, it's the same as ye olde overworld map, except elemental affinities matter and different kinds of trash aggro on different kinds of mechanics -- which, if anything, makes Eureka more Final Fantasy-like than MSQ combat.

That's as casual as casual can be short of removing combat entirely. The one bit that isn't is an optional raid that unlocks after the main story concludes, and the process has you click through like three or four, "So, you do understand that this raid is challenging, yes?" dialogs.

What did you actually see in your "peek" that you think is beyond you?

Years ago, I used to know this dude in his 60s. He'd hop on World of Warcraft and go out into, like, Redridge Mountains or something like that and just kill bears. He wouldn't quest, he'd just kill bears for hours and hours. I couldn't understand it, I would never do it myself, it would be mind numbing. But he found comfort in it. He liked to get on, kill bears on his warrior, then log off when he had his fill. Extremely casual for him. He didn't talk to other players, he didn't upgrade abilities, it was just him and the bears.

I always think back to him and that time whenever someone talks about content that's grindy or maybe a little tedious and they equate it to being hardcore or difficult. It's not. It's time consuming and not for everyone, sure, but it's also probably the most casual way you can play a game like this outside of literally just standing in town and dancing every day.

[Immut]

Years ago, I used to know this dude in his 60s. He'd hop on World of Warcraft and go out into, like, Redridge Mountains or something like that and just kill bears. He wouldn't quest, he'd just kill bears for hours and hours. I couldn't understand it, I would never do it myself, it would be mind numbing. But he found comfort in it. He liked to get on, kill bears on his warrior, then log off when he had his fill. Extremely casual for him. He didn't talk to other players, he didn't upgrade abilities, it was just him and the bears.

I always think back to him and that time whenever someone talks about content that's grindy or maybe a little tedious and they equate it to being hardcore or difficult. It's not. It's time consuming and not for everyone, sure, but it's also probably the most casual way you can play a game like this outside of literally just standing in town and dancing every day.

Man that dude would love eureka. As late as endwalker I'd see people going in and solo farming stuff for skill drops to sell. Also bunny fates.

[NamiRocket]

Man that dude would love eureka. As late as endwalker I'd see people going in and solo farming stuff for skill drops to sell. Also bunny fates.

I couldn't do quite what he did, but I do love Eureka. Though, there's also a little more going on in Eureka than what he was doing.

One of the main reasons I got so heavily into Eureka myself when I did is because it was just nice to go in there, kind of turn my brain off, and run around killing things. I feel like this game generally doesn't have enough of that and sometimes that's just what I crave. Killing mobs and watching the numbers go up. Generally meaningless progress, but it still gives that nice serotonin hit. Maybe it's the old school FFXI and WoW player in me, but it still scratches that itch as long as there are just enough other hooks that a game has alongside it.