Unpopular suggestion: Make raiding (great) rewarding again.

[ADVSS]

wasnt original coil doable in philo gear, and upgraded relic(2.0s tome weapon really) plus the relic itself was a clear path to even unlock the raid. Now the raids are made for gear levels that arent even achievable for a couple weeks going in. tome gear upgrades =< raid ilevel back then, but the upgrades werent locked in the raids to begin with(need this gear to raid, need the raid to make the gear more better for raid) i always thought raid gear should be a bit more powerful, or even customizable stats, which would finally make it bis like it should be. Why would bis be a mismatch anyway? I feel like time spent on relic should also be reciprocated for rewards of time spent in raiding, it should be good, best in slot, customizable, and probably glowy

[CookieMonsta]

Build a wall around Alexander, and make him pay for it

[ADVSS]

Build a wall around Alexander, and make him pay for it

make a13(yep the final alexander after the raid) actually a frontlines map, where everyone has to dps down the thing roaming the hinterlands before it steps on idyllshire.Odin finisher when hes almost dead And Yes Flatten will hit for 99999 unmitigated. So...Steps of faith original, in an open field with ballistas and stuff and 72 people running around like its the end of the world- finally its threatening

[Nicobo]

OBJECTION!

YoshiP when you introduced Savage mode, you said it is a challenge for the sake of challenge.
Therefore no gears upgrade form it.

Please remember what you said, and now savage just becoming a "Hard mode".
if you keep this approach, later you will need to add an "Extreme Savage" mode.

[Spellbinder]

OBJECTION!

YoshiP when you introduced Savage mode, you said it is a challenge for the sake of challenge.
Therefore no gears upgrade form it.

While this is true, I'm pretty sure I recall players at the time saying they wanted rewards for going in. Whether it was a lot or a few, I don't recall, but here we are with rewards for Savage.

[aesteval]

To be fair, Bahamut wasn't really tied to the MSQ. Yes you have the closing moments of 1.0 (which in turn became the opening trailer for 2.0), but it's more like a side story to tie up the loose ends of that event. Alexander had the misfortune of having no such in-game backstory to build off on. He just suddenly appears, and you're told "OMG it's a Primal! He can suck the land dry in days!". Hard to get over on just weak exposition like that. Maybe if he activated and actually destroyed a part of the landscape, then it could've given more gravitas to the in-game dialogue said about him.

To be fair: that very well may have happened had any beings other than the goblins been the ones to enter Alexander. They're a bit of a joke in the game.

[Zigabar]

You might be a bit thin-skinned if you interpreted that as an attack. Nevertheless, my apologies, as that was not my intention to make you feel persecuted - I was simply suggesting a compromise to our differing opinions.

It's called humor. I really want a sarcasm font.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

I have to agree I'm not bothering with raiding as I don't think the reward is worth the time and effort.

[Watachy]

OBJECTION!

YoshiP when you introduced Savage mode, you said it is a challenge for the sake of challenge.
Therefore no gears upgrade form it.

Please remember what you said, and now savage just becoming a "Hard mode".
if you keep this approach, later you will need to add an "Extreme Savage" mode.

Don't change anything and let the grind continue then ... wait what ?!

Raiding is something special and i understand that people are not interested in it, but actually there is no point doing it. I like to raid some Savage to face some difficult content but actually it just looks like a 15min dance around the map trying to dps a stick.
Rewards are important just for the sake of people that invest time and efforts on it.

Clearing savage just for facing a challenging content ? That argument is so hilarious, no one is going on Savage just to face this content.

[Aquaslash]

Alexander was a mistake.

Plus as nice as it was to have, so was crafted battle gear that was equal in stats to normal raid gear.