Quote Originally Posted by Neomarl View Post
Depends on your definition of hardcore.
Someone who plays all day, every day?
Someone who takes every advantage of the game including shortcuts to get to endgame asap?
Someone who has all jobs to 50?
Or maybe someone who wants more hardcore features such as deleveling?

Leveling in FFXIV is empty and shallow. You can do it all solo, unlike the forced parties that you had to join/make in FFXI. I'd skip the boring part so I can get to the good part; endgame.
Wouldn't people just PL right back up again though? In which case, I fail to see the point. Or are we talking about some point in the future when PL isn't possible?