-- Hyper-Hardcore--> 12~ to 24+ hours(70 - 100+ weekly)Always online and doing something. They are very competitive and enjoy competition. This person is usually very anti-social & is physically deprived or unhealthy. Frequently pulls all-nighters or sleeps only a few hours. *NOTE: Insanely dedicated, but may often fall asleep during gameplay*

i played for that amount of time and i'm nothing like that..... again please stop the casual vs hardcore war. its not making this forum any fun, or making it sound like the community of ffxiv is fun.
Even though I had no time limit after a while I still couldn't do 1/2 the stuff other did like hnm hunting etc. Most ffxi events happen so late at night for me. I woulda loved to do dynamis, sea, sky but seemed like most everyone did it at night or too early : /

Personally i don;t give to gil about gear. As long as I have fun getting it, then it is worth it to me. As long as I get a chance at it I'm happy. I'm happy just trying to get something.