Lets clear the terms first.
By casual players Im talking about players who spends maybe 1-2 hours per day spend about $20 -$30 per month.
I dont think Lost Ark is Casual Player friendly. Not from whats happening with NA/EU but mainly from what I’ve seen on youtube regarding legion raid and people are spening 8-9 hours to clear legion raid.
I know 10% of whales makes up 90% of revenue for Lineage like RPG, but would whales play unpopular game?
I dont think whales would play unpopular game and casual players who only makes up 10% of revenue stream makes up 90% of players.
AGS/Smilegate shouldnt ignore casual players. There wont be any whales left when there arent any casual players left in the game.