What kind of player are you?

[Fendred]

Pretty simple. You're to choose an option 1 and an option 2.

I'm a hardcore raider.

Option 1

Hardcore: Play 20+ hours a week
Casual: Play less than 10 hours a week
Moderate: Between 11 and 19 hours a week

Option 2

Raider: Does anything that interests them
Non-raider: Does anything that interests them excluding raids



I've found that many, many player just label all non-raiders as casuals yet are at a loss for words when I tell them there are players who log in 9 hours a week for when a new raid is out and 2 hours a week when they have that raid on farm.

I'm not sure casual, moderate, and hardcore are good categories to break down the populace into because hours played doesn't really say what they enjoy doing in the game. Additionally, if a player jumps on and does dailies and some light stuff here, but then spends another eight hours playing other games, does that make him a casual player? I think the terms themselves lead to confusion on the part of different parties, so I don't really support breaking people up into those categories.

Perhaps from SE's point of view they would be casually playing FFXIV:ARR, but that does not determine whether they are a casual player overall. Plus, its more of a market/business term than a good game development term.

Also, I feel the raider/non-raider term isn't really that helpful. It would be better to know the motivations for why individual players play the game because that can provide more insight into their choices to participate in or avoid content.

And I agree that labeling all non-raiders as casual is a gross over generalization.