Why is it so hard to find people to clear Alexander Turn 4?

[VirusChris]

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I get mostly SMNs and BLMs along with either a DRG or BRD as my melee DPS party members so no Mantra sadly. And the laser lines... so hard to pick them up when you're on boss for Phase 3 as the camera can only zoom back so far.

[Orbiaus]

I've heard people say 2 whms aint the best but if the other whm knows their stuff it's quite easy. For healer positions most groups are doing outside edge of middle circle for positions.

[Yukiko]

The majority of players are like, really really bad in dutyfinder. (..)

You should try it on a JP server and if yoshi-p is already thinking to change something it means even japan players said it needs some modifications!

[odie]

I joined a group of randoms and cleared it the first day. Seems like I got lucky

[Orbiaus]

I also really hope they don't nerf this. Mechanics need to hurt if failed. Most failures are not doing mechanics properly. The fight isn't hard if people organise themselves better. I think it's the right difficulty. Any easier and people can get really sloppy on mechanics and learn nothing.

[Khalithar]

I also really hope they don't nerf this. Mechanics need to hurt if failed.

Mistakes should be punishing yes, but at the same time one mistake shouldn't wipe your group. I am firmly against delicate mechanics, as in, do it perfectly or instant death. The missiles in T1, lasers in T4, add stacks in T4. You get the idea. I am all for hefty damage that forces the healers to use more mp and greatly increases the risk of them bottoming out, but I'll always be against mechanics that instantly kill you if you make a mistake.

[VirusChris]

Got to 7% and this new group died and a wipe after we Vote Abandon. My god...

I think they need to tweak this one a bit, I don't want a full-on nerf but I hate the "instant kill" for some parts of the fight. At least give me 2 extra seconds to get to tethers from boss during Phase 3 to save our Healers... it's too bloody short and by the time you get near on tether it's already beginning to fire and if we pull off too soon that's less time DPSing and burning the boss.

I know it's a Raid fight, but it's "Easy" mode. Tone it down a bit, the fight itself is a perfect case of what an easy mode Raid should be, but the mechanics are freakin' nuts! And happens WAY too often and too fast to react in time.

[OmegaFlare]

There's a bunch of people that have cleared this on Malboro. I guess it's who you know. There's an alex farm linkshell. I'm not sure if you're in it or not but I'll whisper you the name of the leader once I'm on. Join this linkshell and you should have a much easier time farming alex every week.

[MisterLucie]

I don't know why everyone is saying this fight is a healer check. If people actually do the mechanics properly the only real annoying part is the perpetual laser.

Of course it's gonna be terrible for healers if people are being awful, just like nearly any other fight in existence.

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

I downed it with 4 friends and had a duty finder group (who spoke German and we couldn't understand very well) we cleared it when we learned some of the mechanics (stand still if you get tethered, stay away from the healers in last phase) it was certainly the hardest of the Alex raids, but I wouldn't say it was too harrowing, healing was a bit awkward when you had people who loved being just out of reach of my AoE heals.

I did it with another SCH, not exactly the best combination, but we downed it alright, lots of Lustrates and Indomitability's being pumped out kept our health up. Its certainly an eye opener for some healers expecting an easy fight, but is otherwise easily manageable if you keep everyones health above 5k at all times (that damn RNG laser)