NO MORE ALEXANDER(NM)!

[Jim_Berry]

It's funny you should say this. I just had a Fractal run 2 nights ago and the first thing I said was "How is everyone's evening going?" This was followed by complete silence, not even a "Hi." Nothing was said until the 2nd when the MCH said "Brb, bathroom." I made a little comment like "Ah so people can talk here :P" (as jokingly as possible) and I all I got in response was "your annoying" (yes it was mispelled).

People are so antisocial anymore xD

I was in A3 Normal. Three of us noted we were first-timers. One guy asked if there was anything critical to note. One of the tanks said "git gud" followed by a 6/8 Ready Check and pull. After two deaths from the yellow tether, and two wipes, the tanks began to bash the new people. Then, on the third round, the tanks somehow screwed up on the two hands. The healer then said that we need to know our class.

Does people not know that knowing your class and knowing the mechanics are two different things?

[Jetstream_Fox]

Go play PSO on DC then. When you die, you drop not only your Meseta (Money) but your weapon as well.

If the servers were still going I'd gladly play PSO over this. The game was such a blessing.

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

NEW bosses entirely.

And a new gear set while they're at it.

[Fevelle]

Why do you need new gear and exclusive story? Savage is JUST FOR CHALLENGE. It's really just a placeholder for people who enjoy hardcore battles and higher ilv equips. ~NOTHING~ more. If you don't like it, drop Savage and go do Alex NM, simple as that. It was even stated by Yoshi-P that the savage purpose was challenge the players.

[Catwho]

What is happening with Square? Everything now they design with the "same difficulty as CT"...

Well, considering that at least 20% of CT groups flat out failed even before the content become completely obsolete, that may not be a bad thing.

LotA was rough when you outgeared it because of the mechanics. WoD was rough because it required people to actually pay attention, stop DPSing, and run to the required places.

Syrcus Tower was probably the most poorly designed of the three, I think. Once people hit iLvl 120+ that place became a true tank and spank joke.

As long as Void Ark is tuned to least to WoD or LotA difficulty, it'll be fine.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

Why do you need new gear and exclusive story? Savage is JUST FOR CHALLENGE. It's really just a placeholder for people who enjoy hardcore battles and higher ilv equips. ~NOTHING~ more. If you don't like it, drop Savage and go do Alex NM, simple as that. It was even stated by Yoshi-P that the savage purpose was challenge the players.

I think thats the problem. Coil was actual meaningful endgame content. Alexander is just derpy duty finder content with optional challenge mode that's on par with coil savage. Which is too hard for most mortals.

[jomoru]

I think thats the problem. Coil was actual meaningful endgame content. Alexander is just derpy duty finder content with optional challenge mode that's on par with coil savage. Which is too hard for most mortals.

I.e. End Game content is only meaningful if you can exclude people and charge them for it.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

I.e. End Game content is only meaningful if you can exclude people and charge them for it.

I think having 1 piece of content that's challenging and not on duty finder wasn't the end of the world. I get it you pay 12 dollars, but that doesn't really mean you have the right to ruin the experience for others. Or that the devs have to tailor the game specifically to you. Alexander is a direct reflection of the attitude of these forums, and it sucks!

[Colorful]

I think having 1 piece of content that's challenging and not on duty finder wasn't the end of the world. I get it you pay 12 dollars, but that doesn't really mean you have the right to ruin the experience for others. Or that the devs have to tailor the game specifically to you. Alexander is a direct reflection of the attitude of these forums, and it sucks!

If it was a dungeon, I'd agree with you. But it's a raid, of which we get one every 4 months. It's not a piece of content like Triple Triad, and no one is asking for it to be catered exclusively to the casuals. In fact, people who are asking for normal to be removed are asking for it to be catered to the minority. The hypocrisy is honestly astounding.

[Einheri]

A long time ago in a game known as WoW a dev explained why they spend so much resources on raid content, content they acknowledged very few people who played actively participate in. In short is was to inspire people who didn't raid to want to raid. It was also there reason for very visually distinct raid armor.

They wanted the small %of players who progressively raided motivate those who didn't have the time or skill. They spoke of how in town a raider would have this armor and people walking by would stop and go oh wow that guy is a raider his armor is sop cool I want to raid.

But with time they decided that catering to 5%of the player base wasnt fair and created raid content for every one with different color pallets on the armor vs difficulty.

Trickle down economics vs wealth distribution.