Please consider changing the role of normal mode Alexander in future patches

[Ashkendor]

My suggestion is to make them share lockouts, and make it so gear from NM Alexander isn't required to beat Savage Alex along with whatever the next tomestone gear is. That way they can't complain about having to do Alex normal, and if they did it's just because they aren't skilled enough to beat it without the extra gear.

No thanks. I don't agree with this at all. Some of us like to play more than one class and shared lockouts really screw that over. I'm fine with the Esoterics gear as it is as long as I have alternatives to get reasonably good gear. Hive weapons, upgraded Law gear, and Alexander Normal gear fit the bill just fine for the time being.

Why not just add Savage first and then normal a few weeks later?

Only problem is SE would need to bring more new content to keep non-hardcore-raiders busy.

I honestly think that in part it could quite possibly be a PR move. Releasing the Savage version first (the one that many less people will be able to successfully clear) just isn't going to sit as well with the majority of people. They mayaswell be saying: hey, here's this great raid... but most of you suck too bad to clear it so here have this watered down version a couple of weeks later just so you guys will get out of our hair for awhile. Release Normal first (or even at the same time) and it changes things. I dunno, maybe it's just me. Either way, I'm fine with the way it is now. I still farm my Normal every week, as does the rest of my static and most of my other friends.