Do Casual Players Exist Here?

[Deathrydar]

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[Tethler]

Yeah

[Hoppkins_Wytchfinder]

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Used to play 12 hours a day when i was younger. Now got family/job etc so er not so much

[Baler]

I think there are more healthy casual players now on p99 than years past. Most of the people who have went hardcore for year(s) get burnt out. I've found it's the casual players who actually last the longest. IE: people who don't focus on end game raiding often continue to log in and just play the game.

Yes casual players exist on project 1999, all walks of life.

[Mblake81]

I don't know what it is supposed to mean. You got people that play hard for a few hours, easy for long hours, easy for short hours, hard for long hours. Honestly I think this came from marketing when they were trying to make "gamer" a common thing during the mid 2000s. Games like EQ were designed how they were. You played whatever you played including with other titles. It was never an issue, do any of you recall this being a topic wayy back when?

Games eventually did go more mainstream, perhaps due to things like making "gamer" something acceptable. Sweaty Tryhards were never a thing. You were on the same maps as everyone else of any skill. There was no such thing as matchmaking. I think casual is marketing speak. I rue the day original Xbox launched.

[Deathrydar]

Originally Posted by Mblake81 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know what it is supposed to mean. You got people that play hard for a few hours, easy for long hours, easy for short hours, hard for long hours. Honestly I think this came from marketing when they were trying to make "gamer" a common thing during the mid 2000s. Games like EQ were designed how they were. You played whatever you played including with other titles. It was never an issue, do any of you recall this being a topic wayy back when?

Games eventually did go more mainstream, perhaps due to things like making "gamer" something acceptable. Sweaty Tryhards were never a thing. You were on the same maps as everyone else of any skill. There was no such thing as matchmaking. I think casual is marketing speak. I rue the day original Xbox launched.

Those people still exist, it's the non-casuals that changed. They became min/maxers. They don't want players in their groups with experience penalties. They don't want players in their guilds that have no intention of raiding.

I agree with what you are saying, but now a lot of players know a lot about EverQuest, and with that, comes a form of elitism that did not exist back in 1999 when I played this game.

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[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by Deathrydar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Those people still exist, it's the non-casuals that changed. They became min/maxers. They don't want players in their groups with experience penalties. They don't want players in their guilds that have no intention of raiding.

I agree with what you are saying, but now a lot of players know a lot about EverQuest, and with that, comes a form of elitism that did not exist back in 1999 when I played this game.

I reject the descriptor of casual or non-casual. Could be to blame for mediocre game design choices.

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[BlackBellamy]

Originally Posted by Mblake81 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know what it is supposed to mean

Signs you are not a casual player:

If you have an alarm set so you can make the raid.

If you're anxious because you haven't logged in today .

If you have Excel sheets of loot drops.

If you have an alt exclusively for porting.

If you have >100k plat on your EC alt.

And finally, if you make posts on my personal FB page because you think I looted your drop in LGuk, you are definitely not a casual player. Casually crazy maybe! Hope you're feeling better Morzie!

[zodium]

Originally Posted by BlackBellamy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Signs you are not a casual player:

If you have an alarm set so you can make the raid.

If you're anxious because you haven't logged in today .

If you have Excel sheets of loot drops.

If you have an alt exclusively for porting.

If you have >100k plat on your EC alt.

And finally, if you make posts on my personal FB page because you think I looted your drop in LGuk, you are definitely not a casual player. Casually crazy maybe! Hope you're feeling better Morzie!

nice, i'm in the clear