Midcore is NOT a Difficulty setting - It's an Investment!

[Yeol]

When reading static recruitments, words like: casual, midcore, semi-hardcore, and hardcore are often used to describe the static. Are they only referring to the static schedule?

[CaedemSanguis]

When reading static recruitments, words like: casual, midcore, semi-hardcore, and hardcore are often used to describe the static. Are they only referring to the static schedule?

they should refer to both schedule and skill level

[BigCheez]

When reading static recruitments, words like: casual, midcore, semi-hardcore, and hardcore are often used to describe the static. Are they only referring to the static schedule?

They're referring to the level of investment.

Casual = the primary goal is to have fun.
Midcore = the primary goal is to clear the content.
HArdcore = the primary goal is to clear the content as quickly and efficiently as possible.

[CaedemSanguis]

They're referring to the level of investment.

Casual = the primary goal is to have fun.
Midcore = the primary goal is to clear the content.
HArdcore = the primary goal is to clear the content as quickly and efficiently as possible.

I know a lot of casuals/midcore statics that have spent more time than me to clear M1s-M4s or P9s-P12s / P5s-P8s (cleared all of them week 1 with 20h / 40h / 36h)

[BigCheez]

I know a lot of casuals/midcore statics that have spent more time than me to clear M1s-M4s or P9s-P12s / P5s-P8s (cleared all of them week 1 with 20h / 40h / 36h)

Did you quote the wrong post? I didn't say anything about time.

[CaedemSanguis]

Did you quote the wrong post? I didn't say anything about time.

"level of investment"

even if the goal is to have fun, casual actually invest way more time than a good semiHC/HC group

[BigCheez]

"level of investment"

even if the goal is to have fun, casual actually invest way more time than a good semiHC/HC group

Investment doesn't mean time. A casual group will be more invested in the group than the content regardless of how much total time they spend progging the content. A hardcore group will be more invested in clearing the content than the players and may kick players for poor performance if it helps them clear faster, etc.

[Yeol]

Investment doesn't mean time. A casual group will be more invested in the group than the content regardless of how much total time they spend progging the content. A hardcore group will be more invested in clearing the content than the players and may kick players for poor performance if it helps them clear faster, etc.

Players can refer to themselves as "hardcore raiders" which doesn't only refer to how much they're willing to invest into raiding, but their skill level too.

When a static labels itself as "hardcore" they're looking for "hardcore raiders". So the term refers to more than just investment. They're filtering out players based on skill level too.

Which is the whole point I'm trying to make. Words like casual, midcore, hardcore can refer to multiple things depending on the context.

[CaedemSanguis]

Investment doesn't mean time. A casual group will be more invested in the group than the content regardless of how much total time they spend progging the content. A hardcore group will be more invested in clearing the content than the players and may kick players for poor performance if it helps them clear faster, etc.

So a casual with no raid xp, if he wants to "clear fast" then he becomes a hardcore ?

[CNitsah]

When reading static recruitments, words like: casual, midcore, semi-hardcore, and hardcore are often used to describe the static. Are they only referring to the static schedule?

If you want my opinion, casual static is an oxymoron. If you're at the stade where you participate in a static, you're no way casual. Or you don't know what that means. You're at least a midcore player.