NO MORE ALEXANDER(NM)!

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

Alexander sucks! Can we just kick him back down into the water and get a new raid? Maybe drop a meteor on it? FFXIV: A Raid Reborn?

[Colorful]

Alexander sucks! Can we just kick him back down into the water and get a new raid? Maybe drop a meteor on it? FFXIV: A Raid Reborn?

It could be worse, like having the entire story centered around the Illuminati.

The Illuminati have to be the least interesting group of characters in the game, they're fine for a dungeon but why did SE have to go make a raid with them? To call them the "Illuminati" too...

[adn]

It could be worse, like having the entire story centered around the Illuminati.

The Illuminati have to be the least interesting group of characters in the game, they're fine for a dungeon but why did SE have to go make a raid with them? To call them the "Illuminati" too...

Have to respectfully disagree. The Illuminati are wonderful and rich characters compared to Mide, whose scar has more personality than she does.

They're also not called the Illuminati in Japanese... they're called the "Blue Hands". Not sure why they were localized to Illuminati.

[CosmicKirby]

Have to respectfully disagree. The Illuminati are wonderful and rich characters compared to Mide, whose scar has more personality than she does.

They're also not called the Illuminati in Japanese... they're called the "Blue Hands". Not sure why they were localized to Illuminati.

Because Western (NA) audiences have a really hard time associating small races with anything other than cute, quirky, or crazy.

Mide has the same problem that Catboi from Crystal Tower had. They show up out of no-where with the odd presumption that they're important. And, despite not helping you in any meaningful way, they show up in the ending cutscene to act like they totally were.
WoW had important NPCs actually contribute in Raid fights, remember ICC? Heck, Cid, Biggs, and Wedge help fight Bismarck. If you want people to actually like characters, it pays to have them actually do something.

[Colorful]

Have to respectfully disagree. The Illuminati are wonderful and rich characters compared to Mide, whose scar has more personality than she does.

They're also not called the Illuminati in Japanese... they're called the "Blue Hands". Not sure why they were localized to Illuminati.

Well, I did say group of characters but if I were to chose the worst of the Alexander raid it would have to be Mide undoubtedly. I'm sure they have something planned for it and I'm sure it will be terrible, but it would have been better if they just made Alexander seem like a legitimate threat on par with Bahamut, and brought back Alisae... or just have no supporting character. I'm sorry but I can't take someone from the Illuminati who wears a cat-hat seriously, Blue Hands is a much better name. Sometimes the localization team goes overboard with the localization, you don't really need to localize a name.

[Cherie]

Alexander sucks! Can we just kick him back down into the water and get a new raid? Maybe drop a meteor on it? FFXIV: A Raid Reborn?

Ooooh, a repeat of the Meteor event? We got the lightning event like six times, so a 2nd meteor wouldn't be too bad right?

Seriously though, I don't get why you all are saying that alexander doesn't tie in with the main story. I watched all the cutscenes and agree that it hasn't tied into it "yet". Without giving any spoilers I can't really elaborate but alex does tie in with Ildyshire's story of course and there would be plenty of room for dragons and alexander to clash. Hence, maybe something like good old japanese movies: Godzilla versus Mecha-Godzilla! :P I mean, there are giant dragons right? Alexander is a giant robot.

I say give the story a bit longer to advance. I'm sure Ishgard won't be happy with a giant robot on their doorstep practically. And of course there is that one foe from that one dungeon that happens to be "loose". (sorry being vague so no spoiler if can)

[Sapphic]

Ooooh, a repeat of the Meteor event? We got the lightning event like six times, so a 2nd meteor wouldn't be too bad right?

Seriously though, I don't get why you all are saying that alexander doesn't tie in with the main story. I watched all the cutscenes and agree that it hasn't tied into it "yet".

It will be seperate from the MSQ, just like coil and Crystal tower series were.