Casual gamer to me is someone who doesn’t care to put in the time to get good at the game. I consider anyone with a KDA of 1.5 or below a casual. Why does KDA matter? Because I’m trying to win, unless I am purposely trying to carry in trials, I won’t join a group unless it is a 1.5 KD (not KDA) or above. For PvE, a casual is someone who simply does not care about completing a raid, learning mechanics, or completing GM’s with efficiency. You can always tell when you are in a good gm squad. My fastest LightBlade Gm was 19 minutes. With casuals, you can expect it to hit 25-35 minutes. At the end of the day, YMMV.

Vibing.

You first need to look at Eden and you will be able to get a pretty good idea

Work 9-5 every week day, only play on weekends for 2 hrs and never meet the power cap.

There are different levels: I'm a Seal hunter, so I do everything in my power to get them, but I also take end game content seriously. My goal is to do everything without dying. In spite of this, I consider myself a casual gamer. I think the most hardcore of us all are more like the streamers that get paid to do this stuff, go out and find cheeses or exploits, and play for hours upon hours a day. I think you're a serious casual - you like the game, but you're not going to chuck your controller/mouse/keyboard out of the window because you lost a round of Trials.

Everyone has their own opinions on this but for me a casual gamer is a gamer that doesnt have a huge amount of time for gaming, only occasionally (or never) partakes in endgame content. Plays for the fun of it and doesnt take gaming too seriously.

Casual is…..Let me get back to you when I have more time. I can’t be bothered now.

It’s what you define yourself as

Dedicated... that's what I would define you. People think there is only 2 different camps, casual or hardcore. There are more players in the middle of these two definitions. Casuals- Players who don't care about much and check out the game every once in a while with low investment.rho care about some things, play regularly but not religiously while generally may want to strive to be better in some ways and not in others. Hardocores- Players who look at fine details, always trying to improve and wanting to be challenged. Constantly wanting to master the game regardless of the time they need to do so. I personally do not put hardcore players in X hours per day/week. Some hardcore players I know don't play more than twice a week but always focus on being efficient with their time. I have also seen people at ranks 900+ be terrible at the game and just like farming for the sake of it. That's a dedicated player at best with a focus.

[quote]I put in time on D2, and consider myself a serious gamer. I don't feel my life is defined by my triumph score or seals, and don't have a panic attack if my k/d drops below the paltry 0.40 I think it is now. But even so, still "serious." But, with no clear-cut criteria as to what is defined as a "GAMER," I'd like to see if there is a base set of factors to determine if I fit the label. That way, I'll know in the future whether my opinion on forum discussions hold any weight or not. A serious question, I'm not looking to ruffle feathers.[/quote] [quote]I put in time on D2, and consider myself a serious gamer. I don't feel my life is defined by my triumph score or seals, and don't have a panic attack if my k/d drops below the paltry 0.40 I think it is now. But even so, still "serious." But, with no clear-cut criteria as to what is defined as a "GAMER," I'd like to see if there is a base set of factors to determine if I fit the label. That way, I'll know in the future whether my opinion on forum discussions hold any weight or not. A serious question, I'm not looking to ruffle feathers.[/quote] It's subjective at best. Casual players typically play the game as a way to pass the time. Go in, do some seasonal stuff, do some core Playlist stuff, and book out. Hardcore players typically skate by the easy stuff and aim for the harder activities like raids, GMs, etc. I say typically because there are casual players who enjoy endgame and there are Hardcore players who only sit in the core playlists (like pvp sweats). By and large, though, it's mindset, and also a spectrum. There are dedicated players with casual attitudes and there are hardcore players who only log on a few days a week. Take you, for example. You probably play more often than I have in the last few weeks. However, when I play, it's to do sub 30m DSCs, farm KF clears, and try to get better at Vow (despite having nearly 70 clears, I'm not satisfied with my performance). You, on the other hand, don't care about your KD (which is fine), you don't raid (which is also fine), and it seems like you stray away from the harder content. But you play more often than I do, at least over the last few weeks. I am on the hardcore side of the spectrum, but I'm not terribly dedicated right now. You're on the casual side of the spectrum, but you're more dedicated. That's why time spent in game doesn't matter, like some of these clowns claim lol. Dedication doesn't translate to mindset. There are people who have played way more than I have in the last 3 weeks, but they're just doing strike playlists. When I log in, it's to basically only do the hard stuff. It's the only way I can stay engaged. If that's a bad example I'll try again. Hardcore players are always saying "more more more I want more" whether it's better pvp KD or faster/more raid clears, or going solo flawless in the latest dungeon. They're always challenging themselves one way or another. Casual players are always saying "what I'm doing is fine, I'm having fun". They don't put much energy into challenging themselves and are just minds happy to be playing the game as is. There's nothing wrong or right about either mindset. It's just how we play the games individually.

You're a casual gamer when you casually play the game. What most people assume and get wrong is often the traits of a casual gamer which you mentioned but can be applied to a hardcore gamer as well. Casual has double meanings when it comes to games rather then it's clear cut one. People try to associate low stats and skill with casual while those traits can be applied to anyone. I have significantly more playtime then most but because I don't have the seals,clears,high k/d, and a base I would even be considered casual and I mostly play this game everyday. Your opinion is your opinion and you don't need to be hardcore or casuals to make one you're gonna be judged anyway so why even care?

Your opinion matters, but the weight of your opinion is less when you're speaking to a subject matter you may have little to no experience with. Casual is how you treat the game in terms of playtime and how serious you take the game via how much effort you put into it. There isn't a generally accepted term/definition. I'd consider someone casual if they don't specifically put forth effort into improving their game play and setting goals be it achievments, seals, triumphs, increasing a # like raid clears or K/D or whatever.

You are a casual player if you don't care that much about the game and play it only for fun

Casual Gamer: Anyone who supports SBMM lol

I play and have played a lot of hours on various platforms. However I do not consider myself hardcore as I couldn't give a monkeys chuff about raids and other stuff that hides behind the faux difficulty of a fireteam.

I would consider anyone who doesn’t attempt or complete majority of the end game content a casual. Seals triumphs and playtime don’t really mean much to me.

If ur not a streamer where ur income is dependent on D2 ur a casual.

According to the creatures around here; in a nut shell, if you cannot go to the lighthouse 439 times in one weekend solo…..you’re a casual. If you cannot be at the top of the leaderboard with 50,000 kills in on e Comp match…you are a casual. If you do not main a Hunter all day, everyday, and dress like a Hunter outside this game, then….you are a casual. If you do not single handed win your games for your 6v6 team in I.B. 360 no scope the entire other team with one bullet while blind folded eating a zagnut while humming Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” all in your underwear in front of a 12” monitor…. Then you are a casual. Hope this helps you. LMAO