There's recently been a lot of debate on whether the game should cater towards hardcore players or casual players.
I found this pie chart that gives an idea of the composition of player "styles".
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The definition of "focused" in that survey is a player who "values the game and achieves goals within it quite highly". By this definition it definitely does not seem like they're casuals since they're hunting for achievements. But since they did not respond with "hardcore" they are probably not playing the game as much as hardcore players. I think this probably means that most people see themselves as somewhere in the middle. A silent majority, if you will
I'm curious what "focused" players do in this game though. If you would describe yourself as a "focused" player, what activities do you enjoy in the game? Do you do a bit of both hardcore and casual activities? Or are you as the name suggests, more focused on a specific part of the game that may be neither considered as hardcore nor considered as casual? I definitely look forward to hearing everyone's way of playing this game, since it seems that they're not particularly well-represented by the loud minorities on this forum!
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I found this pie chart that gives an idea of the composition of player "styles".
(source)
The definition of "focused" in that survey is a player who "values the game and achieves goals within it quite highly". By this definition it definitely does not seem like they're casuals since they're hunting for achievements. But since they did not respond with "hardcore" they are probably not playing the game as much as hardcore players. I think this probably means that most people see themselves as somewhere in the middle. A silent majority, if you will
I'm curious what "focused" players do in this game though. If you would describe yourself as a "focused" player, what activities do you enjoy in the game? Do you do a bit of both hardcore and casual activities? Or are you as the name suggests, more focused on a specific part of the game that may be neither considered as hardcore nor considered as casual? I definitely look forward to hearing everyone's way of playing this game, since it seems that they're not particularly well-represented by the loud minorities on this forum!
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