Alexander too soon?

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Originally Posted by Kaedan

The issue is there are a lot of people at 60 already. You have to consider them as well. It doesn't affect you in any way. In fact, it helps you because a lot of people will have run it a few times before you do, making runs smoother.

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Not really. Problem in this game is if you don't get into something from day 1, you get left behind. When people try to catch up, they get kicked for being new or not being an expert. I'm not saying they should delay the release of raids. For those that have real life responsibilities that keep them from getting multiple jobs to 60 in a week, this will be the result.

I lvled up 60 yesterday ; lots of people are already ilvl 170+, lvl60 dungeons are already rushed (and I hate rush for the first time :/)... This is sad, the expac launch was not a week ago and I feel I was too slow to enjoy the content :s

This makes no sense, whatsoever. Too large of a gap because you think some people are too low. As you say, you don't know.
Trust me, there are A LOT of people who are cap now...They have about another week or so to get ready.
People will jump in and learn it. More content for the raiders please...they're starting to seep
in random dungeons acting all high and mighty. We need Alex so they can in there and harass others raiders lol.
Practice makes perfect, we can't hold out.

I need to get my ass on the hunts and roulettes. Need to gear up for Alexander....

Honestly, I don't think it's too soon for those that would have been highly interested in it to begin with (and those are t he people that would have been 60 ages ago, usually), and those moderately interested would be hitting it soon enough. There's no rush. The upside to those coming in a bit of time after Alexander's release is the use of guides.
First guys in have to deal with figuring things out and inevitably wiping while doing so. I'm sure tempers will flare during then just as much as they will while wiping after things were figured out.

I understand where the OP is coming from, since also in my FC there are many with 60 and gearing up for Alex even though it has only been a little over a week since early access. When most of your FC is doing that, it is easy to feel 'left behind' or 'too slow'. However, keep in mind that the percentage of players who actually read and post in these forums is really low, as with most MMOs (I'd wager less than 20% of the actual gaming population - who knows - but even still, look at the % of NA who cleared final coil // it was really, really low). Out of those people who actually read these, there is probably a high proportion who like to raid. These people are the ones who would post wanting raids not to be delayed, and I don't blame them -- when your focus is doing endgame type stuff, and none is released soon enough, you'll get bored and either unsub or complain. So no, I don't think Alex should be delayed since people need something to do if they are the type who have had the time and done effort to get to 60 and gear.

It's too soon only for people who can't play all day.

Many people in my FC hit 60 last week. I simply can't get enough off-time to play as much as them, so they're already in the i175-i180 range.

Yea that's how I think about it. I have a real life and couldn't spend all day on a game. It does make you feel left out when your fc is talking about getting ready to raid and farming for gear. It sucks because I can the join in the same runs and conversations as them because I'm "behind". Oh well when they are burnt out from speed leavling I will still be slowly enjoying the game. To each his own.

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Originally Posted by RukiaFae

Yea that's how I think about it. I have a real life and couldn't spend all day on a game. It does make you feel left out when your fc is talking about getting ready to raid and farming for gear. It sucks because I can the join in the same runs and conversations as them because I'm "behind". Oh well when they are burnt out from speed leavling I will still be slowly enjoying the game. To each his own.

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I think it should be ok, I mean early access was 5 days, then 14 days till alexander normal launches, then another 7 days to get ur weekly tokens or w/e the heck they are. That's 26 days to get to lvl 60 and a few pieces of law gear. Even then missing one or two weeks shouldn't be a problem since you can get anywhere between 1-4 pieces of alexander gear each week depending on what slot you wan't to upgrade armor/accessory.

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Originally Posted by RukiaFae

Oh well when they are burnt out from speed leavling I will still be slowly enjoying the game. To each his own.

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Absolutely. I really want to experience the raids at the front-end, but I have no desire to burn out the game's content when the game was just expanded not even 3 weeks ago. There's no telling how long Alexander will be.

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Originally Posted by Onikimaru

4-5 months?, really?. Most MMO's die because of that kind of stuff...people complain there is no content yet you're complaining because there is too much content?...geez are people ever happy about anything?.

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Actually I think the complaint is directed at things being obsolete too quickly.

The biggest thing bothering me with this is that queuetimes are sooo long for things that are only a month old.