The Heavensward raid: Alexander

[Duelle]

I think the more important question should be "is Alexander all of endgame raiding the way Coil has been for 2.0?". If everything gets funneled to Alex, that means we'll be exactly where we are now. Was hoping for something along the lines of "Alexander will be one of several high level raids".

[abzoluut]

This is nice!

[razzgrizz3]

honestly i dont see myself doing hard modes if the reward is just titles again.
the time you need to invest to down this content is just not worth it without exclusive loot.

i hope they dont have any high end loot drops in normal modes as this will just homogenize the game even more.

of course the non-raiders are still gonna complain even tho most of them screamed they just wanted to experience the story. we can already see it in this thread


it never ends.

[CGMidlander]

Maybe they can make HM loot dyeable?

[Shug]

I think this is a great idea. You can get the normal mode mastered and at least become familiar with some of the mechanics before going into hard mode. I think like maybe vanity loot drops in story mode and best gear in hard mode.

[Tupsi]

I think the more important question should be "is Alexander all of endgame raiding the way Coil has been for 2.0?". If everything gets funneled to Alex, that means we'll be exactly where we are now. Was hoping for something along the lines of "Alexander will be one of several high level raids".

You shouldn't be surprised if it's the same design as now because they're going for the minimalistic approach with XIV compared to XI's more broader approach. Which is why I said it'll probably share similar setup as XI's Alexander raids, where you may still be inside of Alexander, but you have multiple content relating to it, not in the same sense as "Coil", but completely separate systems that just happens to share a similar location.

Otherwise..yeah, no surprises if it ends up as another funnel.

[Felis]

Do we have an image of Alexander? I hope they did this summon justice.

[Prototype909]

I think the more important question should be "is Alexander all of endgame raiding the way Coil has been for 2.0?". If everything gets funneled to Alex, that means we'll be exactly where we are now. Was hoping for something along the lines of "Alexander will be one of several high level raids".

Yeah, I was sort've hoping the same. If it just ends up being another 1 set of instances to look forward to every 6 months I'll probably just unsub since if all they're doing is moving the dial on the current system back to 0 and letting it restart rather than making a new system then it's just going to get old again after enough time.

[Davikar]

Since they said nothing about what will come after the Crystal Tower, I'm thinking they might make normal mode the raid that replaces CT. You would get loot ~10-20 ilvls below the one from hard mode, with a separate lockout.

[saber_alter]

looks like magitek.