"Casual" is a difficult term to quantify. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, March 16, 2015, 17:37 (3777 days ago) @ CyberKN

IIRC, One of Bungie's presentations at GDC brought up the fact that the daily average playtime in destiny was about 3 hours, and more on weekends. THAT IS A LOT OF HOURS TO BE JUST "AVERAGE".

What quantifies someone as "casual" in this case? 1 hour? An hour and a half?

I'm not going to try to establish or make an argument here, because the term itself is so nebulous. But I do wonder what the average (or "casual") player's daily grind looks like, in comparison to us here on DBO.

Now I am much much less than 3 hours a day. I probably play for 2-3 hours two days a week. So I'm 2/7 as hardcore as the average player based on that.

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I think I'm finally getting tired of Destiny - petetheduck, 2015-03-16, 11:32
- Would custom multiplayer matches make you want to play? - Funkmon, 2015-03-16, 12:07
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  - Would custom multiplayer matches make you want to play? - petetheduck, 2015-03-16, 12:37
    - I didnt play Reach firefight. What's the difference? - Funkmon, 2015-03-16, 12:41
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        I didnt play Reach firefight. What's the difference? - MacAddictXIV, 2015-03-16, 13:03
        
        I didn't play Reach firefight. What's the difference? - iconicbanana, 2015-03-16, 13:05
        
        I didnt play Reach firefight. What's the difference? - petetheduck, 2015-03-16, 13:05
        
        I didnt play Reach firefight. What's the difference? - MacAddictXIV, 2015-03-16, 13:18
        
        I didnt play Reach firefight. What's the difference? - Kermit, 2015-03-16, 14:12
        
        I didnt play Reach firefight. What's the difference? - MacAddictXIV, 2015-03-16, 14:44
        
        I didnt play Reach firefight. What's the difference? - stabbim, 2015-03-16, 15:06
- Amen brother - TheeChaos, 2015-03-16, 12:09
  - Higher level content that puts you in a room - kidtsunami, 2015-03-16, 13:18
    - I miss braking into shotgun dancing. - MacAddictXIV, 2015-03-16, 13:20
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  - You don't get it - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 13:44
    - I kind of agree. - Funkmon, 2015-03-16, 14:52
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  - This just in: Forge in Destiny! - petetheduck, 2015-03-16, 13:05
- With you - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 14:20
  - With you - stabbim, 2015-03-16, 15:02
    - Different Mentalities. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-16, 15:08
      - Different Mentalities. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 15:12
        
        Different Mentalities. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-16, 15:18
        
        "Casual" is a difficult term to quantify. - CyberKN, 2015-03-16, 15:37
        
        "Casual" is a difficult term to quantify. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 17:37
      - I get 1-3 hours in a week - kidtsunami, 2015-03-16, 15:16
      - Different Mentalities. - petetheduck, 2015-03-16, 15:31
        
        Different Mentalities. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-16, 15:39
        
        Different Mentalities. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-16, 16:18
        
        Different Mentalities. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 17:44
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        Different Mentalities. - petetheduck, 2015-03-16, 15:52
        
        Different Mentalities. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-16, 16:07
        
        Different Mentalities. - stabbim, 2015-03-16, 17:21
        
        Different Mentalities. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 17:45
        
        Different Mentalities. - Claude Errera, 2015-03-16, 18:01
        
        Different Mentalities. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 18:06
        
        Different Mentalities. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-16, 23:19
        
        Different Mentalities. - Claude Errera, 2015-03-17, 01:48
        
        Different Mentalities. - Dagoonite, 2015-03-16, 17:54
        
        Different Mentalities. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 18:00
        
        Different Mentalities. - Dagoonite, 2015-03-16, 18:24
        
        Different Mentalities. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 19:06
        
        Different Mentalities. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-16, 23:11
        
        Different Mentalities. - Dagoonite, 2015-03-18, 03:37
- How I'm keeping things fresh - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-16, 16:58
  - I always did that - ChrisTheeCrappy, 2015-03-16, 17:19
    - I always did that - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-16, 17:33
      - Fatebringer. :D - slycrel, 2015-03-16, 19:02
        
        Fatebringer. :D - Cody Miller, 2015-03-16, 19:09
        
        Fatebringer. :D - bluerunner, 2015-03-16, 19:12
        
        Have fatebringer, don't use it much - Earendil, 2015-03-16, 20:00
        
        Have fatebringer, don't use it much - Kermit, 2015-03-17, 01:43
        
        Have fatebringer, don't use it much - dogcow, 2015-03-17, 13:51
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