Play time questionFollow

Depends on what you want to do. For orginized events:

Dynamis = 3-4 hours 2x a week
Limbus = .5-1 hours 2x a week
Assaults/Nyzul = 5 hours a week
ZNM = Varies
Salvage = Varies

It is quite possible to do a number of things with only 10 hours a week.

You can play pretty comfortably on 10 hrs a week nowadays thanks to the casual patches they dropped in.

Don't expect to do anything really cool once you're 75 though.
You need to be willing to drop a lot of time if you want to do HNMs or any kind of instanced event(s).

Also, see if you qualify for the "Return Home to Vanadiel" campaign.
I've heard of people who quit the first year coming back with it.

While 10 hours a week may not be enough time for endgame activities, it's enough to do other casual things. Endgame activities, contrary to popular belief, are far from the only things in game to do. You can do other small activities ranging from chocobo racing, chobobo raising, crafting, fields of valor, obtain and level an adventuring fellow, Moblin Maze Mongers, simply explore new areas, and much more. You could even try out roleplaying to see if it interests you seeing as roleplayers are in some cases casual players themselves with even less than 10 hours a week to play the game (see my sig for RPing details). If the game interests you, you'll find something to do in your short amount of time no matter what. You may not be able to obtain the greatest gear and whatnot with so little time but there are numerous other "accomplishments" one can achieve outside of just obtaining said gear.

I guess the first thing i need to do is see if my character is still around. I never deleted him but my account has been inactive since mid 2006. I'll call them as soon as my new laptop arrives next week :).

Edited, Feb 20th 2009 2:26pm by AlejandroH