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Originally Posted by Terpsichore
Thats extremely lame and disgusting.
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Not really. The 'casal player' will most likely need to invest four to five times the amount of time a 'hardcore' player will need to in order to 'earn' the same quality item. Additionally, 'casual players' tend to play less often so the actual time to reward could be as long as thirty times longer.
I'll assume you're a 'hardcore' player, then I'll assume you're slightly pompous/arrogant and somehow assume that being 'hardcore' makes you better. Tell ya what, it doesn't and you're not.
If anything, MMO designers need to cater to the casual crowed for the following reasons:
- There's millions of them (hundreds of casuals for every hardcore player)
- They play less often, therefore use less resources and pay the same amount of money
- Tend to be easier to retain and usually end up paying more money to the developers than the hardcore players do.
- Did I mention there are millions of them? Hundreds of millions?
Make sure you think about that any time you're assuming being l337 makes you a better gamer in the eyes of the company making the game you want to play. In the end, it all comes down to money.