Other - since a couple options fit. I consider myself a hard-core casual serious gamer.

I have been gaming since I was a young pup and that included the days of PONG. There probably only been a handful of days in my life that haven't included at least 4 hours of gaming time.

30+ years of experience has left me very good at games and while I could easily finish most games very quickly, I have no desire to do so. I take my time. It is the playing of the game that brings enjoyment, not the completion. I like harder and more challenging difficulty settings in most games. I am also a completionist, which means I poke into every corner of the game world, just to see what might be there.

I have enjoyed PvP games on occasion and have been really good at them as well. However, my life no longer really allows me to play many games that don't have a "pause" button. There are many times throughout the day that RL world will call me away at a moments notice. So most PvP situations are off the table. This also tends to include most PUGs as well. I have a few friends who understand the situation and would completely understand if I have to go afk unexpectedly and without warning.

So I am a hard-core gamer who likes to take their time and experience a game, not rush to complete it.

Surinen wrote: »

Rosveen wrote: »

You make an interesting point, especially in context of other TES games. The most devoted TES fans seem to be people who don't rush anywhere, don't care about accomplishing everything with one character and prefer to immerse themselves in the world instead.

I think in this poll hardcore means number crunching, race-you-to-the-top mentality whereas casual is taking it easy and enjoying the journey. Competitive Trail runs vs. spending the evening reading in-game books, for example. Of course you can do both, but you usually have a preference.

then my devotion breathes atherius' light itself. three months into the game and my max character has level 14.

Okay, this is extremely strange. What have you been doing all this time, preaching about Altmer supremacy in the Elden Root bank square?

@NadiusMaximus O: Yeah they complely messed up my Healadin to the point i don't want to heal at all any more.

Apparently although i burned my bridge too, I saw my friends just walking across the river last month......then I followed, now I play 2 MMO's FML

I'm a serious gamer, doing mostly PvE but also RPing a lot.

Rosveen wrote: »

Okay, this is extremely strange. What have you been doing all this time, preaching about Altmer supremacy in the Elden Root bank square?

I wish. I have never been to Elden Root. I was farming motifs, earning gold. Then I stopped to log in.

I'm one of those people who cannot play the game when they cannot have their favourite hair colour. My Altmer was, is and always will be black haired. And I feel cheated by ZOS: in game and in their promotional videos Altmer have black hair. for some it might seem to be an insignificant problem, even not problem at all. but for me it is 11 years of one and the same looking character.

Classes themselves are a big limit for me. I have tried Sorcerer (lvl 14) but most of his spells are simply heretical, dark this, dark that, daedric this and daedric that. No-No!

If they will not erase class system then I will play Templar (I adore his skill lines, although I still find it lacking: I would gladly mix his abilities with storm calling). I will play Templar if they fix this one oblivion of an annoying bug: missing black hair colour for Altmer! until then, well, I'm paying and waiting.

I hope that ZOS will display good will and bring black hair colour to character creation in Monday/Tuesday patch. such little thing as adding one colour to character creation should not take eternity for them.

3 months waiting for one missing bugged hair colour is a bit too much.

I will repeat once again: there are Altmer in game who have black hair colour: http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140408004218/elderscrolls/images/e/e2/Valano.jpg and there are in promotional materials (although I don't have a screenshot saved).

[and this is how my reply turned into manifesto]

Viva La Cruzada De Pelo N.egro!
[looks as if the spanish word for 'black' is banned here, firstly h.omo and now this]

I take both seriously but not hardcore, but above casual.

Surinen wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Um, it's Aetherius, the "e" is important.

you dare to question my spelling?! it was a misspell. anyway, thank you, I have corrected it.

Don't look now, but you didn't capitalize anything in your response to his correcting your spelling.

LrdRahvinb14a_ESO wrote: »

Surinen wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Um, it's Aetherius, the "e" is important.

you dare to question my spelling?! it was a misspell. anyway, thank you, I have corrected it.

Don't look now, but you didn't capitalize anything in your response to his correcting your spelling.

I think it can be spelt with or without the A being capitalised, I'm sure I've read books (in game books) with it written aetherius. The key was that it's ae at the start, it changes the pronunciation, and since spelling is a reflection of the spoken word, that's kind of important.

But in this context it probably should be a Capital A at the start.

My hours are casual, but my mentality when playing is very definately hardcore. I just loves my stats and solving problems. It's completely the opposite to what I was when I started online games over a decade ago.

60/40 PvE/PvP. I used to be a serious gamer but have moved more towards casual as I have gotten older. So I am a casual that plays like a serious, kinda.

I said PvE casual but I can be very casual about it. I like to wander around by myself picking flowers and admiring the scenery if the critters will let me. I generally don't run to an RPG when I want to whack something but choose a more active game like Diablo III or a JRPG where I can whack wuffs to my hearts content.

Serious gamer. I consider myself a completionist. I want every quest flag completed, every collectible collected, every achievement done.

And when I'm done, I'll do it again for another class.

So far, I've done fairly well. Bugged quests and achievements irk me, but I've accomplished a lot of the 'harder' goals, such as becoming Emperor (the achievement for which is bugged, gah).

Anybody who plays games is a gamer. Not that hard of a concept if you ask me. How you play them doesn't really matter.

nudel wrote: »

Someone in my guild described me as a "hardcore casual". I laughed, but honestly it probably fits.

I play a lot but I level slowly. I'm not interested in sprinting to the end of anything. The journey is a lot of fun in and of itself.

I love the PVP and the PVE both equally. I like group dungeons and I always make a point of doing them while I'm still on level or better yet underleveled so they're still fun.

I'd say I'm RP-curious if that makes sense. I've never done RP in any game, but I like when I see other players doing it, even if I still stand back and watch instead of joining in. Especially Khajiit speak...anyone who speaks the language of the cats earns "I win" buttons in my book.

I seem to be an anomaly in this game since I don't really fit into any one camp. I like to play slowly but I also like a challenging fight, which is hard to get if you play slowly (due to nerfs to content you haven't reached yet) and even harder if you're a completionist like me (always overleveled due to doing all the things).

Not hardcore enough to hang with the hardcores (I like that difficulty level, but I won't commit my life to a raiding schedule or sprint through content to keep up).

Not casual enough for the casuals (we appreciate mostly the same things but I like hard fights so I'm not welcome).

Ah well, I'm used to being strange.

Oh how well you would fit in with my guild.

FlinkeKlinge wrote: »

I find this poll´s options to be quite misleading.
I´m the kind of player that likes games, that i can immerse in.
Reading books, gazing at sunsets, listening to all the npc´s and exploring, i enjoy just as much, as the regular PvE and PvP content.

The poll´s option for that would be "really really casual"... per definition that´s not casual at all. Probably the exact opposite - most casual gamers only play the core elements of a game and then leave.

Actually I would have said that the poll's option for that is "Roleplaying". Taking the time to do what you want at a relaxed pace, enjoying the sights, not racing to get to the next level, not questing because you want to level or be heroic is still a form of Roleplaying.

Others may see it differently of course. I don't think of myself as a roleplayer because I'm more interested in seeing where I can get to or how to get to a spot I can see, but much of the central gaming I do in ESO is considered roleplaying. It's all POV, and my POV is to see what I can get to