The disapointment that is Alexander

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Originally Posted by Nadirah

Usually one, maybe two new mechanics on Mythic. Story(lfr) they *remove* mechanics present in normal and heroic. Normal and heroic are just numbers difference.

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I haven't played WoD at all, but unless something has changed in the way they design their mythic fights those one or two new mechanics typically completely change the entire fight. They added things to A1/2 in Savage but it barely changes the flow of the fight at all, which is the issue. They're just slightly beefier versions of their normal counterparts instead of being unique encounters.

Compare, say, heroic (or mythic now I guess?) Dark Shamans, Malkorok, Thok, Siegecrafter, etc etc to their normal (or heroic now... these ridiculous name changes) versions and although it's only a few tweaked mechanics they completely changed the entire encounter and made it very challenging.

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Originally Posted by MisterLucie

Compare, say, heroic (or mythic now I guess?) Dark Shamans, Malkorok, Thok, Siegecrafter, etc etc to their normal (or heroic now... these ridiculous name changes) versions and although it's only a few tweaked mechanics they completely changed the entire encounter and made it very challenging.

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The best part is, the names were changed, solely because people didn't like being told that LFR was kid-gloves. So now, LFR is "normal" even if still fills the exact same gameplay niche as it did before.

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Originally Posted by CosmicKirby

The best part is, the names were changed, solely because people didn't like being told that LFR was kid-gloves. So now, LFR is "normal" even if still fills the exact same gameplay niche as it did before.

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To nitpick, Raid Finder is still Raid Finder. The difficulty formerly known as Flex became Normal.

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Originally Posted by Ibi

To nitpick, Raid Finder is still Raid Finder. The difficulty formerly known as Flex became Normal.

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A nitpick worth making, as I didn't know that, specifically, was the case.

The music is terribad!!!! Stop it with the 15yr girly pop music.

We are in a Final Fantasy. We need epic classical themes!

First stages of the raid.

Already condemning it.

How about you read/look into the lore a bit more before judging a brand new storyline. Heavensward was incredible and I'm sure Alexander will be too, but you have to GIVE IT TIME.

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Originally Posted by BoltNixter

The music is terribad!!!! Stop it with the 15yr girly pop music.

We are in a Final Fantasy. We need epic classical themes!

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The music is literally the best part of the raid D:

There's tons of grand orchestral themes already out there. Variety is a good thing.

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Originally Posted by BoltNixter

The music is terribad!!!! Stop it with the 15yr girly pop music.

We are in a Final Fantasy. We need epic classical themes!

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Agreed, need more like this Ultima I think

What are you on about?

Alexander as a raid is bad because you don't like the look of the first 1/3rd of the raid chain?

and new mechanics = artificial difficulty? You might need to check yer definitions.

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Originally Posted by ZanzhizExaverion

First stages of the raid.

Already condemning it.

How about you read/look into the lore a bit more before judging a brand new storyline. Heavensward was incredible and I'm sure Alexander will be too, but you have to GIVE IT TIME.

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To be fair, the Alex story so far is terrible, and personally I think the deus ex machina issue with Mide set the whole thing off on the wrong foot. Then again, Coil story wasn't good until T5 either but at least T1 started it off well. That being said, the story does have potential to become good, if only because of the mysterious failed summoning 3 years prior. I wouldn't be surprised if the plot twist was Mide and her friend/mentor/whoever-"he"-is were the ones who attempted it.