How can this game NOT be casual friendly.  It is a game where you can level up on PvP.  You go into an epic instance battle scenerio for 20 or 30 minutes.  Get some exp killing fools, then leave.

There are no 3 hour Karahzan raids that have to be scheduled on a guild forum.  No manditory PvP farming to keep a certain rank a week.  No long waits for boss monster to spawn for your quest.

Originally posted by xenogias

There is some things that need to be pointed out. First of all casual or not yes there is stuff to do. Not only the PQ's ect but the zones for RvR may as well be level restricted like WoW's bg's. So what if you log in a couple times a week for an hour. Guess what? The PQ's help but for the PvPers you will always have competition at whatever level you are. People like me will always have a toon going through the 4 tiers. Odds are many will make a toon, help there side get the tier1 and restart just to keep tier1 on there side, same goes into effect for tier2 ect. This game begs you to make multiple toons for the HC player to keep taking tiers 1-3 for your side. Since you gain xp while doing RvR your not going to find twinks like you did in 19 BG's. If you PvP from the get go odds are your renown is always going to be around/equal to the person your fighting.

To me this is a huuuuuge plus to the casual crowd. No worrying that the other side had a guild spend many hours pimping out someone's low level for an ego boost.

If I am thinking right there are 40 levels. I would guess (maybe I'm wrong I dont remember any info on this) but that the zones would be 1-10, 11-20, 21-30 and 31-40. If you can only log on a few hrs a week does it really matter it may take you a month to get to the next zone? You will still be competeing against people equal to you at least up untill 40 where the ones who have many many hours to sack cities will prosper early on. By the time casuals get there most HC/average players will probably have there gear anyway and wont mind letting a casual join in on a king to get there's.

This is correct and is why this game is great for the busier lifestyles nowadays. I for one work full time take a correspondence course that takes 30-40 hours a week, own a house(which means yard and housework), have a wife so i have to entertain her:) (Thank god she plays these games with me) , and i m in WAR beta. It does give the casuals a fighting chance and you can get alot done in a short period of time. As said in many other posts there is a 24 man raid after a city is capped. No idea how long it takes etc but even us busy people can partake in that once in awhile. The game is mostly 1 group raids which don t take alot of time and reward you decently. In all this game can be played solo/casually if you want but like all MMO s it s better to group up from time to time of course :)