Please bring forth ALEXANDER!

[Delsus]

I could see Alexander being somehow related to Ishgard, as Ishgard is known as the holy see and the people are very religious, and Alexander is a holy/light based summon. Obviously not a deity as the people of Ishgard worship Halone.

I personally liked how they used Alexander in FFXI and I wouldn't mind seeing something similar.

[WellFooled]

I personally liked how they used Alexander in FFXI and I wouldn't mind seeing something similar.

I'm going to assume you switched your Roman numerals, meant FFIX, and give my full support to Ishgard itself being Alexander

[Garlyle]

I'm going to assume you switched your Roman numerals, meant FFIX, and give my full support to Ishgard itself being Alexander

Hell yeh.

But actually I had the realisation you did about the fight a while ago, OP. An actual raid boss scaling up the side of Alexander itself, being bombarded by AoEs while you do. Getting knocked off by attacks (probably) won't kill you... but you will have to scale your way up (and if you fall off and die from the damage a healer has to go back down to res you). It could be amazing if done right.

[coldreactive]

A lot of people are theorycrafting that alexander is Coerthas. If Alexander is indeed a castle-like entity, it would be a multi-stage boss fight where you have to actually traverse the boss to kill it (In one massive moving arena.)

[Delsus]

I'm going to assume you switched your Roman numerals, meant FFIX, and give my full support to Ishgard itself being Alexander

Nope I didn't I meant FFXI in the ToAU storyline. Him being Ishgard, if we went into battle could cause some issues lore wise "Oh yeah Ishgard is Alexander, you blew him up but Ishgard is still there." It could be done much better as it was in ToAU.

FFXI style was better in that we didn't destroy the corporeal remains of Alexander, but only the Iron Colossus armor the Immortals were using this therefore didn't break it lore wise.

[Lusavari]

I'm going to assume you switched your Roman numerals, meant FFIX, and give my full support to Ishgard itself being Alexander

Nope. He means Alexander in 11. If you didn't play XI or quit before Treasure of Aht Urghan, Alexander's old and broken husk of a body is the Ruins of Alzadeel, also known as Nyzul Isle. During his battle with Odin long before the FFXI story, Alexander's body was broken by Odin. Odin sought to finish Alexander, and maintained himself in the world through a Dark Rider who was someone Odin made a pact with for the sake of revenge, granting him immortality with the promise of Alexander's Destruction in return. The Dark Rider is Prince Luuzaf, with the option of the player to become Odin's new Vessel. Meanwhile, the Aht Urgan Empire sought to revive Alexander to quell uprisings among their people and the beast men alike. However, the control body that was created to control the Alzadeel ruins became possessed by Alexander, resulting in his second coming of Alexander, leading to the penultimate battle of ToUA. Basically, you fight a dark Alexander within something that resembles Classic Alexander. There were also 2 raids (Nyzul Isle Exploration, a 100 floor 6-man dungeon, and Salvage, an 18-man Raid in which your powers and armor are sealed and you must slowly regain them) that take place within Alexander.