Alexander Normal difficulty...

[Zumi]

Hard = Savage in JP as far as naming the difficulties goes. Basically he means that Alexander (Hard) or (Savage in English version) will be similar to how FCoB was.

[Nekodar]

It's been stated before that Alexander Savage will be coil Savage difficult.
The difference is that Alexander Savage will have different drops where coil Savage only had titles.

Alexander normal being of coil with echo difficulty doesn't really mean much considering how many are stuck even on T5 still.
It does however mean that it's very unlikely that Alexander normal will get nerfs/echo.

Hardcore raiders get savage, the rest get normal, and more people will get to enjoy the story behind Alexander.

[Craiger]

It's been stated before that Alexander Savage will be coil Savage difficult.
The difference is that Alexander Savage will have different drops where coil Savage only had titles.

Alexander normal being of coil with echo difficulty doesn't really mean much considering how many are stuck even on T5 still.
It does however mean that it's very unlikely that Alexander normal will get nerfs/echo.

Hardcore raiders get savage, the rest get normal, and more people will get to enjoy the story behind Alexander.

Yeah, but what about the players that will find normal mode to be too easy, and hard/savage too hard?

Current Coil is pretty well balanced for a player like me. It's hard, but manageable. SCoB(savage) is really hard, even now way past it's release, if Alexander Hard mode is anything like that, I think it's too hard for most. At least until everyone is overgeared.

If Alex Normal is like doing FCoB right now with the 10% echo, then I think it will be perfectly fine. It would offer some challenge, but more people would be able to get into raiding. Then while you gear up with Alexander Normal mode and tomes, you can then start making progress on the very hard Alexander Hard mode.

If Alexander Normal is just a story mode though, then all those medium core players will hit a wall, and be pissed off.