Player Classification

[Zeastria]

Doing only Normal = Casual.
Doing EX and Savage = Midcore BUT leans more towards hardcore on the scale.
Ultimates = Hardcore...

- Infact there is no true midcore in this game...
Its either very easy or very hard.. no inbetween..

Note: Some EX can be very easy and just 1 step above normal,
while others are harder than some savage fights.. so EX fights have very wide range.

[yoshinoharu]

Doing only Normal = Casual.
Doing EX and Savage = Midcore BUT leans more towards hardcore on the scale.
Ultimates = Hardcore...

- Infact there is no true midcore in this game...
Its either very easy or very hard.. no inbetween..

Note: Some EX can be very easy and just 1 step above normal,
while others are harder than some savage fights.. so EX fights have very wide range.

Difficulty is largely subjective but I would disagree. I would think that it only really enters hardcore when players set a hard time limit, effectively manufacturing their own difficulty.

i.e. 'Week 1 Savage' is hardcore where as 'Savage' without any kind of time limit is midcore, as evidenced by the fact that there are still, to this day, still people progging the current savage tier. I honestly think the only truly hardcore content is current-tier ultimates.

Savage used to be hardcore content but has been watered down to midcore content to address the major lack of it.

[Ath192]

Doing only Normal = Casual.
Doing EX and Savage = Midcore BUT leans more towards hardcore on the scale.
Ultimates = Hardcore...

- Infact there is no true midcore in this game...
Its either very easy or very hard.. no inbetween..

Note: Some EX can be very easy and just 1 step above normal,
while others are harder than some savage fights.. so EX fights have very wide range.

Egh, this isn't entirely accurate either. There's also time commitment factors, progession speed expectations... I've done all ultimates in whats normally considered a midcore setting ~9 hours per week (3hrs/3daysprwk) and clear savage tiers in 4-7 weeks. That would not me be considered hardcore relative to people who do ults 4-5 days a week and clear savage week 1.

I would define hardcore as= "good player, ready to no life it, this is my main priority outside of essential IRL stuff, plenty of time to do it"

Midcore ="I'm a decent player that wants to do this stuff, has some time, but also has other activities I do in my free time"

Casual="I dont have time or desire to organize anything will occasionally join other peoples activities for fun and just do what the game lets me easily do"