What does Casual Raiding really mean here?

[tobolamr]

When I was playing years ago... god I can't believe I'm old enough to say that... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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My observation was that one major raid group kind of ran the raid scene, and then some of the larger guilds filled in behind them. They all had a system to track who, what, when, and if a person got to loot drops. Which is all fine and dandy! The raids I went on lasted... well... they went for a very, very long time, with multiple targets hit in one massive session. Not sure if that's how it goes here or not... I only went on about 5 or 6, and then things occurred such that I left EQ.

But I guess I'm curious if I could be brought up to speed on what we mean by Casual raiding, versus other approaches? I'm still all in noob stage with myself and the family, but am trying to learn about this all. I'd like to know how this works here. And any other very helpful thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks!