Praise for the current alliance raids

[Raven2014]

I'll never understand the hype behind Ivalice. They were never really difficult, just time sinks.

It's because of the setting. Even when it was current, the opinion was pretty split. Most of the interest for it was because it was treat as the love letter to FF tactic, which is one of the game people hold in very high regard.

Also, it was difficult. Maybe not to savage raider, but for the random casual joe it was. I don't think there have ever a raid that wipe group as many and as often as Ivalice. Nier on the hand, wasn't difficult, and indeed was just a time sink because of bosses were just an HP sponge.

[Melorie]

I enjoyed both raids. The visuals, boss design and overall story are nice. Though Halone deserved her own piece of music instead of that rodeo soundtrack, and I can't say I'm a fan of the jpop soundtrack. Also, both of them does seem to be suffering from powercreeping already. IMO I wasn't a fan of Nier in general because I honestly feel like the whole aesthetic made my eyes tired. Ivalice keep being my favorite stream of raids though, probably because Stormblood was easily my favorite combat as well so I get the best memories from that one. Also, the glamour was unmatched.