I Can't choose any other because I generally spend multiple hours a day playing. I have been known to have 18 hour days on the weekends when the weather is bad or new content comes out. I also have never cared of where I fit on the leader boards and I've never put on a monster mask or used a monster set and I've never seen a Maelstrom Weapon.

My game/life motto...

Have Fun!!

To me casuals are people who don't do dungeons, PVP, trails and such, they just quest around the zones and chill. Which isn't a bad thing mind you.

SkerKro wrote: »

Inb4 the blanketed "casuals are bad and cry for nerfs" comment with zero support or evidence to back it up.

Nerfs hurt the underperforming players the most. They arent the ones crying for nerfs. the ones crying for nerfs are overperformers and pvpers.

There ARE some cases where I would request a nerf or change to an ability to promote choices and diversity in builds but only with that goal in mind. I'm not some trodgolyte who believes we are too powerful and need to be brought down to size. I believe in fun, build choices, and diversity.

This is me, I suppose. I'm very serious about my real life, which is where I give 100%, and the game is just what I do for fun and enjoyment during my break time.

The only part I take truly seriously is how I treat other people in the game, since they're the part of it that's real.

KhajiitFelix wrote: »

Someone who will always take a shortcut, take the easiest way, won't spend a lot of time on activities and the most important won't bother learning to improve.

I disagree, I think those folks fall under the second option, but you still got an insightful for putting your opinion the nicest way possible.

KhajiitFelix wrote: »

Someone who will always take a shortcut, take the easiest way, won't spend a lot of time on activities and the most important won't bother learning to improve.

That's not a casual. the word for that is stupid.

KhajiitFelix wrote: »

Someone who will always take a shortcut, take the easiest way, won't spend a lot of time on activities and the most important won't bother learning to improve.

Defining casual in this way is kind of like defining hardcore players as "judgmental, condescending elitists with no life who boost their egos by looking down on others." There's probably a little bit of overlap between the two groups, but it's a terrible definition, since it basically casts a blanket judgment on the entire group, rather than respecting and appreciating their playstyle.

Neiter/Other:

Someone who plays the game and wants to get better at it, but still considers it a *game* instead of a job...

Where "practicing" and "training" and "putting hours to get the perfect rotation" and "dumping weeks and weeks of farming to get the right VMA weapon" are things that are out of scope for the time investment available.

To me it's not about how much time you do or don't spend in the game. It's about how you play. I consider myself to be a casual and I spend a lot of time ingame. But I am not competitive, I don't follow the meta, and I never use dungeon finder. I only do dungeons with friends or guildies. I have never completed vMA (not for lack of trying). I enjoy PVP even though I suck at it. I play to have fun and only do what is fun for me.

Jeremy wrote: »

Casdha wrote: »

What type of player do you consider to be a Casual Player? I'm not going to get all possibilities on this poll, if one doesn't match or doesn't fit your needs, please choose other and explain if you wish.

If you would just like to answer as it pertains to yourself, feel free to explain in the comments.

Edit: I forgot, as usual I will give a click for each comment as long as it is not rude even if it is just an "insightful" for sharing your opinion.

Someone who plays casually, which basically means off and on in an none-committed way. Think of it as a casual relationship - only with a video game instead of a person. ^^

Agreed, the word does have this implication, and it may have been introduced to mean something more like "sporadic."

It's kind of unfortunate that there's not another word in circulation, since a lot of people who play regularly, even daily, self-define as "casual" (there are some in this thread). The meaning has clearly shifted, even if the word hasn't.

I think a casual player is someone who just plays the game by questing, wandering & etc and don't care about achievements/meta. I would call my gf a casual player, she don't care about meta, sets, rotations, dungeons, trials, skins and etc, that stuff is pretty much meaningless to her. She likes to play how she wants, with whats comfortable to her.

Me on the other-hand would probably be labeled as a advanced player, I enjoy vMA leaderboard runs, vet dungeons, I could hit 45k-54k dps on specific classes, I ran trials but don't enjoy them much anymore mainly because I'm burned out and find endgame pve stale. Currently I find myself enjoying the casual things in the game.

max_only wrote: »

There’s got to be something between being a casual and being an elitist. I play all the time, mostly to fart around. But if I see an opportunity to catch up to BIS, I’ll take it. Like my healer is in last season’s fashions (spc, Worm) and I have 1 or 2 pieces of this season (wearing earth gore set but not enough pieces of olorime) but I’m not frothing at the mouth for the rest.

There’s got to be a middle ground.

It's a valid point. Maybe we can talk about semi-casuals, in which case I'd place myself there.

I have some characters built more or less according to the meta, who hit just over 30k solo self-buffed on the 3m (nothing to write home about, but a bit harder to achieve on Xbox than PC). They can complete most endgame PvE content, but they're never going to make it onto the leaderboards, and I'm not interested in trying to put them there. I've spent some time on the target dummy, but less time than I spend farming, crafting, decorating, and helping other players get gear, which are the things I enjoy most. I have a few characters who are off-off-meta (including a Breton stamden and an Argonian stam DK), and I enjoy playing those as much if not more than the others. I try to be a considerate teammate in group content, so I always bring the strongest build I can if I'm with a group. Most of the time, though, I'm on my own, and there's no harm in doing whatever I feel like.

If you define casuals as "true" or "strict" casuals, as opposed to semi-casuals, I don't actually know many of them. Or any of them, now that I come to think about it.