Quote Originally Posted by Xatsh View Post
It blows my mind how the definition of Casual, Midcore, and Hardcore has changed over the the last 16yrs...
Indeed. It would seem that those who clear the most difficult content believe they are the ones to move the goalposts. It's not something I really choose to argue against since I don't prog savage or ultimate. I can see why a savage raider would feel this way. It simplifies things to refer to all content outside current raid tier as casual, but that term has negative connotations to it that make players feel like their attempts or clears of the higher end duties that are not current to be trivial.

For players who feel that way, I wouldn't let it get to you. "Casual" in this game doesn't mean it's easy. It just means it's not the current tier of stuff that is being progressed. However, what I will say is that any content that I feel is not easy, I am also not going to approach it casually.

It would also seem that "casual" serves a double entendre. It can refer to the content, and the player. You can find casual players in highend content, and savage raiders in casual content. Then from there are these varying degrees of how casual, and how hardcore a player is. It's a bit of a spectrum that all of us lie on somewhere.