In all of the discussion around circle resets, there is a very prominent theme across several of the [terrible] arguments I’ve had to crush over and over again.
“Go play a casual MMO if you want resets”
“This game is catered to hardcore fans of old RO”
“Stupid casuals”
“Git gud or leave”
NEWSFLASH
TOS is a casual MMO. You may not like the thought, it might sting a little bit, your pride, but this game is in every sense of the word a casually-geared MMO.
It’s evident in the way the content is structured, and the low skill-ceiling of gameplay.
Why do you think that these debates are raging on? It’s because a sizable number of the players are, in fact, casual. That is because Tree or Savior is attractive on many fronts that are attractive to a casual player.
The problem is that TOS only feigns being hardcore in a few ways that are neither confirmed or denied as being on purpose or simply being an oversight.
For example, look at any quality of life change in any MMO ever. Many players will say that if a QOL is added, they are nerfing the difficulty of the game, even if that QOL feature is in no way related to the ways in which you demonstrate your skill.
For example let’s say in the beginning of an MMO, you have to walk everywhere, then later on, they add mounts making commute a lot easier, greatly easing the duration of travel from A to B.
You will have one camp that will whine to the heavens that this is making the game “for casuals”, that it kills the game-feel and makes it less hardcore.
No. It’s a stupid design flaw to make people travel long distances and make them have o do it at a leisurely stroll pace, so they fixed a glaring error within the context of the game logic.
Get over it people, TOS released as half a game despite it being out for a while in KTOS, and there are countless upon countless numbers of bugs, bad design elements, and oversights that are GOING to be complained about, and ultimately if IMC wants to keep their heads above water, are GOING to be addressed.
TOS is a casual game, better get used to the casuals pointing out the glaring deficiencies.