Alexander Normal difficulty...

[Dualblade]

No, from the sounds of it ("cleared in a day or two" & "to relax and enjoy the story), it's straight up easy-mode.

What makes me think that no, it isn't just "easy mode", is that he probably isn't saying casual/non-hardcore players will complete it in a day or two, but that it can be as such. The hardcore will have it complete before the first week is done, everyone else will have guides to help them but still have something challenging for themselves. Lots of players still haven't cleared T5 with current echo, even though it is easy once you know what to dodge.

[Teuciont]

What makes me think that no, it isn't just "easy mode", is that he probably isn't saying casual/non-hardcore players will complete it in a day or two, but that it can be as such. The hardcore will have it complete before the first week is done, everyone else will have guides to help them but still have something challenging for themselves. Lots of players still haven't cleared T5 with current echo, even though it is easy once you know what to dodge.

I don't think the players that haven't managed to clear content that is a year and a half old and outdated by 40 item levels should honestly be taken into consideration when creating what is supposed to be some of the most difficult content of the game meant to last for 6 months.

[FoxyAreku]

Un-nerfed Turn 7 would like to speak with you.

So would Turn 9.

A bit late to reply, but Turn 7 was super easy and had basically no mechanics in comparison.

I don't consider 'turn around when you get a debuff, petrify an add, or stand behind the petrified add' a mechanic, honestly. Turn 7 is the easiest turn in history and always has been. >_> The nerfs just made it way more forgiving.

Turn 6 wasn't much better, and turn 9 is also incredibly simple when it comes down to it, it's just another long fight that you can't make a mistake in.

Only fight in second coil that is even remotely complex is turn 8.

[Zaft]

Implementing EX Dungeons, a third Raid Difficulty, & Savage 24-Mans would be PERFECT.

I would kill for WoW challenge mode type dungeons with leaderboards and the like. Players are COMPETITIVE. They want to fight to improve and battle against their friends or try and climb the ladder, and the popularity of things like challenge modes, greater rifts and Hearthstone seasonal ladders just prove this.

[Skeith-Adeline]

A bit late to reply, but Turn 7 was super easy and had basically no mechanics in comparison.

I don't consider 'turn around when you get a debuff, petrify an add, or stand behind the petrified add' a mechanic, honestly. Turn 7 is the easiest turn in history and always has been. >_> The nerfs just made it way more forgiving.

Turn 6 wasn't much better, and turn 9 is also incredibly simple when it comes down to it, it's just another long fight that you can't make a mistake in.

Only fight in second coil that is even remotely complex is turn 8.

T6 had a few large mechanics before people figured out the LoS method. Honestly, whether you want to think it so or not, a mechanic is a mechanic. Turn 8 was widely accepted as the easiest Second Coil turn, and for good reason at that.

[Gardes]

A small number of Players are COMPETITIVE.

Fixed. The rest would rather claim that they can do it but don't actually do it and use a bunch of lame excuses to justify it.