Recent interview

link:http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2015/3463.html

Basic info

Normal Alex raid = harder than EX primals / easier than savage 2nd coil

New relic quest in 3.1

new 24 man raid in 3.1 = will be as hard as crystal tower

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Originally Posted by AzraelX

New 24 man raid in 3.1 = will be as easy as crystal tower

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[Fixed it]

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Originally Posted by Galactimus

[Fixed it]

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Feels like someone didn't recall how the 'teamwork' worked in LotA when it came out.

You forget that Crystal Tower gets harder as the content gets older and people gear better...*sigh*

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Originally Posted by Ilenya

Feels like someone didn't recall how the 'teamwork' worked in LotA when it came out.

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Only on NA server, JP came with very set plans, each alliance has specific job for each encounter for all runs.

If Crystal Tower came when everyone had ilvl 70 gear. It would of been "very" hard. People go in with ilvl 110-130 gear and its suddenly a joke.

Coils are not hard when you go in with ilvl 180 gear. <3

Normal alex difficulty sounds pretty good actually, nice middle ground imo. Only concern is the story being shown in the easier mode, this isn't about gating people or anything but part of the reward of beating difficult fights was seeing interesting cutscenes.

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Originally Posted by VargasVermillion

Normal alex difficulty sounds pretty good actually, nice middle ground imo. Only concern is the story being shown in the easier mode, this isn't about gating people or anything but part of the reward of beating difficult fights was seeing interesting cutscenes.

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The story is the whole reason they're putting in an easier version. Coil had rather important story and only a small percentage was able to see it.

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Originally Posted by VargasVermillion

Normal alex difficulty sounds pretty good actually, nice middle ground imo. Only concern is the story being shown in the easier mode, this isn't about gating people or anything but part of the reward of beating difficult fights was seeing interesting cutscenes.

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I completely disagree. The reward for beating the most difficult encounters should be gear and prestige, never story. Everybody should be able to see the entire story in a game that puts so much emphasis on it.

Regarding Heavensward content available to the new player:

As we know, to play Heavensward's content, one must complete A Realm Reborn's main story questline through Patch 2.55. ARR has been adjusted so that new players will gain double the experience points in the main story, making side quests not needed quite as much, and the Duty Finder prioritizes new players in the queue. The option to remove item and level sync in dungeons was also introduced to help new players, so that dungeons could be completed without an entire party.

Item rewards in ARR content also offer better gear. For example, quest rewards that were item level 55 before, can now offer ilevel 90. And by completing the Chronicles of a New Era quests from patches 2.1-2.55, players can easily get a full set of gear that's item level 110.

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Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

If Crystal Tower came when everyone had ilvl 70 gear. It would of been "very" hard. People go in with ilvl 110-130 gear and its suddenly a joke.

Coils are not hard when you go in with ilvl 180 gear. <3

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I don't know about that, i did crystal tower when if first came out and the highest ilvl pieces available were i90. At the time the hardest part of LoTA was pulling people away from Netflix long enough to stand on a platform for 20 seconds or stand behind a rock for 5.

I'm very surprised to hear Alex NM will be harder than current EX's. My impression is they were going to be Coil nerfed+Echo difficulty.

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Originally Posted by Khaoticsuccubus

The story is the whole reason they're putting in an easier version. Coil had rather important story and only a small percentage was able to see it.

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And if alexander normal is going to be harder than ex primals there still won't be that many who will see the story. I dont think SE understood what it was people wanted. Maybe in 6 months after ilvl increases some more and echo is added. Most players just want an easy mode that is basically on par with the crystal tower raids. Don't want the best gear from easy mode just want to experience it.

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Originally Posted by Zeno_McDohl

I'm very surprised to hear Alex NM will be harder than current EX's. My impression is they were going to be Coil nerfed+Echo difficulty.

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Which depending on the Turn you were doing was still harder then the EX Primals back then as well. So it makes sense that Alex NM would be harder then the EX on atleast one turn (if they are doing Turns again atleast)