Quote Originally Posted by Dragon View Post
Well you should've read my previous posts in this thread - I don't really like the current relic system and the current RNG system (which more than anything does support the casual base, since all you need is a bit of luck and you're done with it - no long-term effort whatsoever), and I'm not a casual player by far. (Though that doesn't mean I'm not going to participate in it; for the moment I'm just unsure whether I'll stick around beyond 2.0 and bothering with it would just be a huge waste of time should I decide to leave after 2.0.)

For the record, Dynamis was only 3hrs long and anyone that took more than 30 mins to get ready for it should've been booted as it only took a terrible linkshell longer than 30 mins to get ready for Dynamis.

My point though was that if casual players can get their cake, why can't hardcore players get their own cake? Casual players are getting everything they want, but somehow it's totally evil to just give a little something to the hardcore playerbase? (Which again, I'm not referring to the relic system currently in FFXIV, but something along the lines of Dynamis.)
You and I, and many many others have been saying the same thing, in different wrappers.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post725564

I didn't say Dyna was more than 3 hours, the 300 mins. was about something suggested prior to there about 180~300 min. content. I agree if someone isn't ready and otw in relatively close to the scheduled start time fuck em. That's the point of a schedule, be prompt you knew it was coming. Of course in this if your 8th is late your a bit fucked, not the best system, better now with 4~8 for all dungeons, but w/e. The idea of a shell that took an hour to get ready was again a matter of illustration, though from time to time shit happened that's what the hourglass mule was there for.

I also won't label myself as hardcore or casual, I don't believe time is the real decider in that, and when I was younger it wasn't the time you put in, it was how good you were and whether you were always trying to get better. If my time spent learning/researching and trying to always improve my skill isn't sufficient because I don't actually play 60+ hours a week then w/e, I read/post here and such while I'm on breaks at work and/or between classes when I've nothing more important going on, yet my playtime would be listed by many as casual. That's really a whole different discussion though.