What is considered hardcore/Casual in terms of hours played?

[NewportsDentarg]

What is the general consensus for hours played a week for hardcore and casual.

I personally consider myself casual. I play 10-15 hours a week easily. Sometimes more on the weekend if time allows.

What are others opinions?

[Lochton]

Not sure, as I don't take casual/Hardcore in the term of how long you play a week.

Hardcore / Casual is a playstyle for me. I am considering myself casual, I play an average of 5-6 hours a day.

[Kilpi]

It's not the time played. It's how you use the time you play.

[Vhalerius]

I am considering myself casual, I play an average of 5-6 hours a day.

Really.
Come on now.

[Avada Kedavra]

Really.
Come on now.

its not the time, but what you do with the time. If you spend 6 hours a day farming, or what ever i would not say they are hardcore. But if they were heroic raiding that many hours a day in a guild with others and participating in scheduled events where they were expected to show - id say they were hard core.

Damn you Kilipi - beat me to it.

[Vhalerius]

its not the time, but what you do with the time. If you spend 6 hours a day farming, or what ever i would not say they are hardcore. But if they were heroic raiding that many hours a day in a guild with others and participating in scheduled events where they were expected to show - id say they were hard core.

Damn you Kilipi - beat me to it.

If you spend on average five/six hours a day playing, you're not casual.
You may not be hardcore, but you're not casual.

[Raiju]

Really.
Come on now.

I was teh same at times, but 80% of that time was just spent chatting. Even when I logged in everyday I didn't necessarily do something related to the game everyday.

[Kilpi]

If you spend on average five/six hours a day playing, you're not casual.
You may not be hardcore, but you're not casual.

But still it's more casual than hardcore if you for example just level up alts for 6 hours a day. You still might not know anything about the game for example. 'Cause I'd say one thing about hardcores is that they know what they are doing.

[Lochton]

If you spend on average five/six hours a day playing, you're not casual.
You may not be hardcore, but you're not casual.

Again, it is about people how they identify with the terms casual and hardcore. I don't see it as time spent, I see it as your playstyle. 1 raid a week, casual, 3 raids a week (or more), hardcore. Own opinion of course.

But really, I find myself casual. I raid, sit back with a movie and such. I run about the worlds reading the books (used to do so, till I read them all). I fly about looking at places I find just worth remembering (Ulduar train, SSC Bridge, Leaky pipe discussion in DM etc.). I don't farm anymore, I do it on an on/off basis. I have no hurry, I do my caps over the week, casual and relaxed.

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But still it's more casual than hardcore if you for example just level up alts for 6 hours a day. You still might not know anything about the game for example. 'Cause I'd say one thing about hardcores is that they know what they are doing.

Oh, I do know what I do, I just tend to shut up till it's needed. I don't see it as hardcore to know what you are doing. If you now know all the theory crafting and BiS list, then you would be closer to hardcore.

[Kilpi]

Oh, I do know what I do, I just tend to shut up till it's needed.

You can be hardcore player without being a douche. Shocking, I know.

[Vhalerius]

Do you people really think you can play for four+ hours a day and in any way fit the definition of "casual"?
HOW CAN YOU KILL
THAT WHICH HAS NO LIFE?

[ImpTaimer]

Time is not an indication of hardcore or casual.

[Vhalerius]

Time is not an indication of hardcore or casual.

Yes it is.

[Gande]

Casual/hardcore doesn't mean how good you are, it means how much time you spend.

I'm online for about 9 hours a week. I heroic clear twice in that timeframe. I am currently a casual player, playing at a high skill level.

Casual just means you're not on as much, not that you suck/what you're doing isn't hard.

Whats funny is the person that mentioned alts. When the expansion launches i'll be playing hardcore, almost every waking moment i'm not at work, but all i'll be doing is leveling alts and doing the short gear grind there will be before raiding opens up. I'll also be hardcore with my battle pets once that initial alt zerg is over.

[Lochton]

You can be hardcore player without being a douche. Shocking, I know.

Yeah, it's amazing, isn't it? Besiddes, I enjoy myself. I don't feel the need to correct everyone as some others do.

[IxilaFA]

its not the time, but what you do with the time. If you spend 6 hours a day farming, or what ever i would not say they are hardcore. But if they were heroic raiding that many hours a day in a guild with others and participating in scheduled events where they were expected to show - id say they were hard core.

Damn you Kilipi - beat me to it.

I would say they are hardcore. That's a lot of time to be spending in-game, no matter what you are doing with it.


To me, I consider someone hardcore if they are logging in pretty much whenever they have free time. These are usually the people with 50 alts at max level and max professions that are all heroic geared. (An over exaggeration of course.)

Myself, I think that I am more casual. I log in only a couple hours a day, if that, on non-raid nights. But for raid nights I'll often be online for the 4 hours of raid + hours before and after preparing for the night. So I guess if that's hardcore in your mind, that's fine. But I spend more free time outside of WoW than I do in it.

[Daswolfen]

Really.
Come on now.

I play anywhere between 2 and 10 hours a day myself.

[Raiju]

Do you people really think you can play for four+ hours a day and in any way fit the definition of "casual"?
HOW CAN YOU KILL
THAT WHICH HAS NO LIFE?

I think the question is how do you kill that which has no comprehension








*throws dictionary*

[ImpTaimer]

Yes it is.

No it isn't.

[Daswolfen]

Do you people really think you can play for four+ hours a day and in any way fit the definition of "casual"?
HOW CAN YOU KILL
THAT WHICH HAS NO LIFE?

So do you troll everywhere you go or just here on MMO-C?