Should Alexander hard drop highest item level gear?

[Teuciont]

And they will likely get it in the form of whatever exclusive gear models, titles, minions and mounts Alexander HM gives them.

Alexander HM doesn't give exclusive gear models. They've explicitly stated this.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Alexander HM doesn't give exclusive gear models. They've explicitly stated this.

Nowhere I have seen any SE rep say this. In the worst case scenario, the Alexander HM gear will be dyeable versions of the NM gear which would still be an exclusive model gained by completing Alexander HM.

[Teuciont]

Nowhere I have seen any SE rep say this. In the worst case scenario, the Alexander HM gear will be dyeable versions of the NM gear which would make still an exclusive model gained by completing Alexander HM.

I won't be able to find it amongst the tons of interviews that have come out, but Yoshi himself said it during an interview around Fanfest. And no, dye does not make it a unique model. That just makes it dyeable.

[Ultimatecalibur]

I won't be able to find it amongst the tons of interviews that have come out, but Yoshi himself said it during an interview around Fanfest. And no, dye does not make it a unique model. That just makes it dyeable.

That makes it third hand info from a second hand source that may not have been properly translated (a common occurrence with info about FFXIV) which means it is unreliable and not quite substantial.

Also, "exclusive" (the word I used) does not mean "unique." Exclusive means restricted to only one source, and if the dyeable model is only gained through Alexander HM then it would be exclusive.

[Gardes]

Nowhere I have seen any SE rep say this. In the worst case scenario, the Alexander HM gear will be dyeable versions of the NM gear which would make still an exclusive model gained by completing Alexander HM.

That would kinda make it bad in its own way. Players who dont raid will cry about it because they can't use it for glamour because they can't color coordinate. Just like they did when they made twine available at something like 3000 seals. Except now this is even more unreachable for them.

I'm on the believe that anything hard should not have any link with what the casuals can attain, reward wise. Otherwise they're just gonna think it's within their birthright to have any reward based on meritocracy without actually reaching to those merits.