Ah the good old days when gamers were hardcore and the rest of the world was casual. But in today's gaming world, the definitive line between the two has become blurred with things like raid finders and two-player dungeons. In today's column, MMORPG.com's Joe Sanicky takes a look at hardcore vs casual when it comes to World of Warcraft. Check it out and then leave your thoughts in the comments.

With the new Raid Finder imminent in patch 4.3 my thoughts concerning World of Warcraft lately have been heavy with the gravitas between the ever increasing divide between “casual” and “hardcore” players. I’ve touched upon this before in previous articles but never before has the issue been such an honest-to-Old Gods slap in the face to the hardcore crowd. With the Raid Finder we may be on the advent of a truly new age on the MMO timeline, an age where the long held elite content becomes the homogenised grind fodder of the masses.

Read more of Joe Sanicky's The WoW Factor: The Modern WoW Player.