The disapointment that is Alexander

[Rhaja]

Completed the normal mode of Alexander, and haven't really gone back much since. Gear wasn't all that appealing, friends are taking a break, and eso came out right after. So, figured my time and focus was better spent on PVP while it's hot instead.

Honestly I believe Alexander is going to get epic by its last chapter, but right now we're just "learning" about it. I'm also liking the not so urgent feeling since... well we're established god-slayers at this point. Hopefully us not going full assault on the goblins sooner will bite us in the butt and Alexander's going to have some secrets that the gobbies will be oblivious to since... tempering and all.

[Velhart]

I will admit that the raid's theme itself seems underwhelming in comparison to Binding Coils of Bahamut. No matter how large the threat actually is, goblins have never in the FF series been taken seriously and still hard to now. I will wait and see how it all plays out before properly criticizing it. I do have a feeling something bigger than the goblins is going to appear and then the threat being more real.

In fairness to Alexander: Gordias, BCoB had a bunch of uninteresting bosses also. First floor was a giant snake, the 2nd a giant ADS, 4th floor was just a gauntlet, and 5th floor was Twintania. Only real interesting boss fights in the entirety of the last raid were Darnus, Phoenix, and Bahamut, mostly because they were all major plot points. I will wait and see how Alexander delivers on this. I do think in the future raids though they need to throw the hard punches right from the start to keep people motivated and interested.

As for gear. SE is getting real lazy here. You would think for top notch raiding gear, you would make each set look unique. Aiming, Scouting, and Striking all look the same with very minor differences. Its understandable for lower gear, but this is unique, very hard to get gear, it should be treated as such.

[SkizzleofRagnarok]

Yoshi P has no FF experience at all just check his resumé he came from working on Dragon Quest straight to this and his MMO Experience is everything but FFXI. There is really nothing more to say. Its a business its generate money all the non FF fanboys love it cause they dont know better we have to suck it up and accept this lulz of a WoW clone with a FF costume.

[Velhart]

Yoshi P has no FF experience at all just check his resumé he came from working on Dragon Quest straight to this and his MMO Experience is everything but FFXI. There is really nothing more to say. Its a business its generate money all the non FF fanboys love it cause they dont know better we have to suck it up and accept this lulz of a WoW clone with a FF costume.

Did you ever eat paint chips as a kid?

[SkizzleofRagnarok]

Velhart: It hurts when im righht doesnt it?

[DukeBurden]

Yoshi P has no FF experience at all just check his resumé he came from working on Dragon Quest straight to this and his MMO Experience is everything but FFXI. There is really nothing more to say. Its a business its generate money all the non FF fanboys love it cause they dont know better we have to suck it up and accept this lulz of a WoW clone with a FF costume.

I love this statement. It's absolutely true. People have a hard time accepting it's a WoW clone. I'm a die hard Final Fantasy fan and even I can admit that. I truly believe if Blizzard decided to re-release World of Warcraft with current gen graphics, it would reign MMO king again. A LOT, TOO MANY inspirations were taken from WoW.

[Miscreant]

Yoshi P has no FF experience at all just check his resumé he came from working on Dragon Quest straight to this and his MMO Experience is everything but FFXI. There is really nothing more to say. Its a business its generate money all the non FF fanboys love it cause they dont know better we have to suck it up and accept this lulz of a WoW clone with a FF costume.

I'm the opposite, I come from an Final Fantasy background with no pervious MMO experience, this feels like a Final Fantasy to me.

Actually...why are you even in this thread? You haven't even done Alex NM yet.

[Velhart]

Velhart: It hurts when im righht doesnt it?

Funny enough, he has made the most Final Fantasy game since the early 2000's, and it is an MMO none-the-less. Also has expressed greatly how deep of a fan he is of the FF series and expresses it very well. I don't think you need to have worked on previous FF titles to know how a FF works.

Hiromichi Tanaka worked on FF titles since the NES days and look how well FFXIV 1.xx turned out.

[HorseBoots]

Yoshi P has no FF experience at all just check his resumé he came from working on Dragon Quest straight to this and his MMO Experience is everything but FFXI. There is really nothing more to say. Its a business its generate money all the non FF fanboys love it cause they dont know better we have to suck it up and accept this lulz of a WoW clone with a FF costume.

All of your favorite directors will die in your lifetime.

[Nadirah]

I love this statement. It's absolutely true. People have a hard time accepting it's a WoW clone. I'm a die hard Final Fantasy fan and even I can admit that. I truly believe if Blizzard decided to re-release World of Warcraft with current gen graphics, it would reign MMO king again. A LOT, TOO MANY inspirations were taken from WoW.

They *just* did that.

And subs dropped like a rock. The content was crap.