What do you consider casual?

Like I consider myself a filthy casual. We only raid 2 nights a week for 2 hours MAX. First normal, then once most norm gear is passed on we do heroic. From there we only go to about midway through the season before we call it, once everyone has their AOTC.

I rarely touch M+ mostly sticking to low keys, just for giggles and when there’s a heroic item available for doing 4 of em.

I consider that pretty casual. What do do you consider a casual player

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Anything one degree less than what I do.

(also, why do “casuals” insult themselves so much)

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People who play the game for fun and don’t worry themselves with best in slot or ahead of the curve things.

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Casual is a subjective idea. While “casual gamer” has a distinct definition, the individual definition can vary. I play about 8-10 hours per week, I do not do raiding or M+, love WQs, anjoy the story, and spend 4 of my 10 hours roleplaying on Moonguard with my guild. I have not had AotC since Legion, or KSM since SL. :woman_shrugging:

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I am a very clean casual—nothing filthy or dirty about me.

Delves, Low Keys, nothing above Heroic raids 2 x a week, one alt I keep barely current (time walking, LFR, etc), and one alt on MoP Classic that just made it out of 85 to 86 who will never see the inside of a raid this round of MoP.

I wouldn’t even consider you much of a casual.
Playing a game on a schedule (2 nights a week) and in a group isn’t casual to me. That is organized. It’s with purpose.

But maybe I am just even more casual than that. I play whenever I can find the time and when I do play it’s 50/50 between Delves and BGs across a couple alts. I haven’t done a normal raid since Legion.

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Years of hardcore players complaining about blizz catering to “casuals” It’s a defense mechanism, you insult yourself first before someone else can. Spend years in high school getting bullied and you learn how to deflate someone doing everything they can to put you down.

Roughly 6 hours a week of play time. I hate how over time it morphed into being a short hand for being terrible at the game.

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I go by the actual definition of ‘casual’…not some trumped up nonsense version of what the word means.

“Casual” generally refers to something relaxed, informal, or without much formality or seriousness

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I got 65 alts all at max level and ilvl gear but never touch any group content! I’m a casual player!

— a wow casual….probably

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I would personally not consider organized raiding casual, but I admit that mindset might be a carryover from the days of raiding being herding 39 cats.

When I think casual, I think of someone that does very little group content, much less organized group content.

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Crazy. Cause like they do. For the last decade+ the game has been about placating the casual player.

It’s just weird because “casuals” have no issue insulting people playing more.

Did the bullied become the bullies?

Just doing delve and LFR this season. I’d consider it casual

When raiding (normal to hero or higher) I’d consider myself a regular

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If you play less than me, filthy casual! If you play more than me, you are a NERD.

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I am slightly less casual than the op. The same on raiding but will get to 3k m+ on a couple toons. But I would still call us casual we just have a good time and don’t stress about it

I base casual vs hardcore off time played per week, regardless of activity. If someone is mythic raiding, but is raid logging (aka just raids and logs off) and only plays 6 hours per week, they are a casual. If someone is spending 40 hours per week pet battling and leveling alts, they’re hardcore.

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Anyone with less progress than me is a filthy casual, anyone with more is a sweaty try hard

this is me. delves and solo shuffle/solo rbg and transmogs/gold farming

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“Casual” is a mindset. You could definitely push to 3k casually. You probably can’t do mythic prog very casually just because it requires a fixed roster and schedule.

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playing story, transmog farming , random and casual bgs , timewalking dungeons when they are up , traders post quests , going to darkmoon faire or playing trial of style , and pretty soon itll be decorating my house in midnight .

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