Should Alexander hard drop highest item level gear?

[StouterTaru]

The problem with making Alexander hard gear a step above all other gear is the same issue that crafting had from around 2.1 through 2.5; the top tier is difficult to get to, and once you get there everything is easy.

If you can beat it with lowbie gear, and it rewards uber gear, the raid becomes a joke pretty quickly.

[SDaemon]

Silly rabbit

LOL

/10char

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

I find it absolutely fascinating how one unconfirmed interview from some Japanese guy's lodestone was enough for the entire community to start calling Alexander normal "baby mode" or "CT tier" and devise long-lasting implications out of that even though it directly contradicts previous interviews published by other sources.

I think they been pretty obvious that the normal mode was going to be the mode for the masses. The masses include those that make threads about how Steps of Faith is too hard.

So for it to be accessible to everyone, it can't be much harder than steps of faith or world of darkness. Especially considering people still wipe on world of darkness pretty often.

[Karen_Cerfrumos]

I think they been pretty obvious that the normal mode was going to be the mode for the masses. The masses include those that make threads about how Steps of Fatih is too hard.

So for it to be accessible to everyone, it can't be much harder than steps of faith or world of darkness.

I thought the intent was to provide mid-core content.
Are extreme primals content for masses? JP DF would probably suggest a yes. EX primal level would be a pretty decent point. Or at the very least HM primals as they were in 2.0.
If it's just a faceroll joke raid why even put any rewards in?

Besides, beating it in 1-2 days is still very undescriptive. The first time I queued for WoD the moment 2.5 went live, we beaten it. In one lockout. That's not even "1-2 days", that's literally go in and win. If there's mechanics to figure out and discern, but they're somewhat forgiving, then it could take 2 days. But that's not at all a faceroll level people seem to expect now.

One way or another it's all speculation though.

[SDaemon]

I think they been pretty obvious that the normal mode was going to be the mode for the masses. The masses include those that make threads about how Steps of Fatih is too hard.

So for it to be accessible to everyone, it can't be much harder than steps of faith or world of darkness. Especially considering people still wipe on world of darkness pretty often.

The masses? "The masses" don't even frequent the forums. Those complaining about Steps of Faith on the forums are a minority of a minority.

[FoxyAreku]

LOL

/10char

I don't get it, glad you agree I guess?

[SDaemon]

I don't get it, glad you agree I guess?

Not at all.

[Ashkendor]

Source? I never heard them say that at all! The Devs said Alexander NM(or HM w/e people call the easier one now days.) Is going to be on par with current coils with echo. Alex. HM(or Savage) will be like FCoB if it was Savage mode.

I still kinda find this hard to believe, given that they also said that they're taking clear percentages into account. Not to mention the huge amount of people that have made it known that they find locking story content behind difficult raid content to be unacceptable. I dunno. I'm just waiting to see an official announcement and translation rather than stuff picked from interviews that may or may not be exactly what's on the tin.

[Zumi]

Esoterics tomes comes out at the same time as the hard mode of alexander, this leads me to believe that you can buy esoterics gear and upgrade it with an alexander hm drop to the same level as alexander hm gear.

[Galdous]

Heh. I will admit you got me there. I cannot find the interview I read about how it is expected the easy version of Alexander will be beaten within 1-2 days. Honestly that is why the NA servers have such low BC turn out. They have no reason too since they can be as strong as people who do go through the song and dance with jump rope death mechanics that is the high end of ff 14. If tome gear remained 15-20 i level below the high end raid gear then it would be a better incentive for people to start raiding more often.

I believe half of alexander raid should be assumed your team has high end starter 60 gear+crafted then geared up enough in alexander gear in order to advance to the final parts of the raid. And you should not be able to adequitely gear up multiple jobs at once. The system should work that it takes you enough time to gear up your main job with enough time to use the weaker gear for your alts. 3-4 ish months to fully BIS gear up a job is a good pace in line with how fast SE puts out new tiered items. If I play a bard for 3 months and focus mainly on that one job I should be better geared then someone who constantly swaps around jobs. I understand that the end of ARR that most people have 1-3 jobs all fully maxed out in 130 gear but the system should be set up with a person having a main job in mind and 2-3 alt jobs that are a good tier in gear below.