So, recently me and a friend where arguing about what makes someone a casual gamer
He called me a hardcore wow player which i then denied as i believe that i am, at least to our communities standards, very casual.
Basically, we ended up arguing for a good 30 minutes about why i think that both of us are rather casual gamers and not hardcore while he keeps on going that we are at least part of the semi hardcore crowd.
He isn't a wow player, tho he did try it out one time when legion came out.
He however is an eso player and claims that he is rather hardcore (which is, to me, complete nonsense as he barely plays the game at all).
For me, my biggest wow "achievement" was getting ahead of the curve: guldan during legion.
My raider.io score is pretty low, the highest dungeon i ever did this expansion was a +9 so far.
I have cleared uldir entirely on normal, only got 3 kills on hc.
I have just 5 kills in normal BoD, 2 kills in BoD hc.
I haven't even touched CoS on any difficulty yet.
Raider.io for reference:
https://raider.io/characters/eu/aggramar/Sherana
Armory link is in my sig. (blue text)
Imo, a casual is someone that has no interest in delving into the higher end game. (aka, higher keystone lvls, mythic raids or high ranked pvp)
Whether that comes from simple uninterest, or RL reasons, is irrelevant.
Casuals tend to not play all too much, but definitely can.
My friend also claimed that because im a fan of wows lore and know most of it, that alone puts me above the casual crowd.
I disagree entirely on that, as being a lore nerd doesn't make someone automatically good at the game or interested in any of the tougher end game content.
So, would you consider me a casual gamer?
If so/not, please give some insight on why you think so and it'd be nice if you could give your opinion on what makes one a casual player generally.
And do you consider yourself a casual? if so/not, why?
Note: I know this has been probably talked about to oblivion and beyond already, so mods feel free to close this at any moment you wish.
Though, i think it'd be interesting where people currently stand, especially seeing as BfA made people change their views quite drastically on this forum alone. (at least from what i have seen/read)