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(08-25-2014, 01:57 PM)Aldotsk Wrote: There is a better choice for this issue. Is that you don't join commitment based Free Company or Linkshell. However if you want a serious based progression, then you'll have to take a deep breath and step up your game. It's either serious or casual.
I had been in Death and Taxes from Gilgamesh for two months and it was way too committing for me, and I really really hated tanking Turn 2 regular (non enrage) and Turn 4 - and this was 2.0 time, and they were pushing me to limits. It was not fun. So I took a break from Coil for a while until I moved to Balmung, and I was in RareEX for a short time until I left and made my own FC for RP purposes. If you are in those kind of FC or LS, you are committed to be filled and be prepared even if you don't feel like playing that time. It just is too much and burn out a lot. Sometimes, you just don't have time to RP or spend time for yourself to enjoy. So that's why I have been on a break from raids.Â
Kage,Â
You can also join Balmung facebook group to ask for casual/serious LS that might let you join them if you want!
I feel like you misunderstood what I was saying. Â I was actually saying that you can be committed, and you can be dedicated to your little team of 8 without everyone being in the same FC. Â This is true - and I've seen it happen on multiple servers. Â Not being in the same FC as those in your static raid group does not mean you are not "committed." Â What makes you not "committed" is not showing up for raid on time, not being prepared, etc. Â FCs are just a tag.
As far as the rest goes, everyone is different. Â I've been raiding since Burning Crusade in WoW, and the last serious guild I was in raided 5 nights a week, 4 hours a night. Â And I loved it. Â I'd still be there if that guild hadn't fallen apart - and no, it didn't fall apart because it was "too much." Â It fell apart because the guild leader had a mid-life crisis and was having an affair (a real one) with our 25 year-old Warlock (despite having a wife and two small children). Â Not everyone dislikes that style of gaming, and there are people who have been in Blood Legion (probably the most ridiculous, in terms of time you commit to the game, of the "extremely hardcore guilds") on Illidan since the guild was formed who are still doing the crazy schedule and enjoying themselves.
I do not believe that there is a hard line between "serious" and "casual." Â I know guilds that raid a maximum of 4-8 hours a week and have excellent progression and are extremely committed. Â I know guilds that raid 6 nights a week that can't tell their heads from their asses. Â I would call a guild like that casual, simply because they aren't actually getting anything done.
And with the content that is available in FF, it's not that hard to clear content in a casual setting.  One of my friends from my previous static I was in before my break is now in another multi-FC static that's working on Turn 9.   ¯\(°_o)/¯
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