Thread: Famitsu Interview Translation - Yoshida on 3.1 Impressions    

To be honest, I've termed the group i'm in Mid-core - mainly because we all have jobs and can't raid for extended periods of time - yet we've still downed AS3. But imo it makes more sense to define the content rather than the time people put in because even if you don't have a lot of time, if you aren't lazy you can still get shit done.

I consider myself midcore, because I don't want to devote the resources to raid statics and I'm not part of a large FC that participates in "hardcore" activities like raiding and fight selling. But I pay attention to numbers and work on them if they suck. I'm aware of where I stand on any particular job. Though I DF or PF everything, I often have to be the leader and handhold people/explain mechanics to get through it. But I'm also perfectly capable of doing hardcore content if I wished to put the time and effort into it. And maybe someday I will hop on the raid train but I guess I just haven't yet been interested enough in the content available to navigate the thorny path of finding a group of 7 other people who aren't shit and the inevitable headache that is broken statics.

I don't know how many others choose to play this way but to me midcore means you're not doing the "hardcore" content but you're capable of doing so if you wished to put the time into it. I know for a lot of people raiding is the only thing worth doing in the game and maybe they look down on people who enjoy doing or stick to only doing the non-raid content and so want to lump all non-raiders into "casual shit" category, but anyway that's how I would define midcore.

Originally Posted by Hiryo

You must be getting godtier PF groups. Getting 0 chests on IV+ mobs because you have 1 afker and 2 tanks and you decided to be the healer....yeah that's annoying

Sadly, if you have WAR or DRK as your tank(s), they're probably outdpsing the dps in your PF group. DPS do not know how to DPS anymore...at all. It's getting worse and worse.
Though I've seen most often just 1 tank slot for PF groups.

Originally Posted by solracht

I feel like the problem is there's aversion to calling oneself casual or hardcore. A lot of people see 'casual' and think 'bad' and when they see 'hardcore' they think 'no-lifer'. I can't blame people for coming up with new terms either way, but far too often I see 'midcore' used as this term that allows you say you're great and any of your shortcomings can be excused by your lack of time commitment. It just feels like a little bit of a cop-out.

There is nothing wrong with being casual or Mid-core imo. There is something wrong with being a lazy shitter and expecting carries.

Here's a Gamewatch Interview:

http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs...27_731237.html