Alexander too soon?

[Saseal]

I need to get my ass on the hunts and roulettes. Need to gear up for Alexander....

Honestly, I don't think it's too soon for those that would have been highly interested in it to begin with (and those are t he people that would have been 60 ages ago, usually), and those moderately interested would be hitting it soon enough. There's no rush. The upside to those coming in a bit of time after Alexander's release is the use of guides.
First guys in have to deal with figuring things out and inevitably wiping while doing so. I'm sure tempers will flare during then just as much as they will while wiping after things were figured out.

[MirielleLavandre]

I understand where the OP is coming from, since also in my FC there are many with 60 and gearing up for Alex even though it has only been a little over a week since early access. When most of your FC is doing that, it is easy to feel 'left behind' or 'too slow'. However, keep in mind that the percentage of players who actually read and post in these forums is really low, as with most MMOs (I'd wager less than 20% of the actual gaming population - who knows - but even still, look at the % of NA who cleared final coil // it was really, really low). Out of those people who actually read these, there is probably a high proportion who like to raid. These people are the ones who would post wanting raids not to be delayed, and I don't blame them -- when your focus is doing endgame type stuff, and none is released soon enough, you'll get bored and either unsub or complain. So no, I don't think Alex should be delayed since people need something to do if they are the type who have had the time and done effort to get to 60 and gear.

[Edellis]

It's too soon only for people who can't play all day.

Many people in my FC hit 60 last week. I simply can't get enough off-time to play as much as them, so they're already in the i175-i180 range.

[RukiaFae]

Yea that's how I think about it. I have a real life and couldn't spend all day on a game. It does make you feel left out when your fc is talking about getting ready to raid and farming for gear. It sucks because I can the join in the same runs and conversations as them because I'm "behind". Oh well when they are burnt out from speed leavling I will still be slowly enjoying the game. To each his own.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

Yea that's how I think about it. I have a real life and couldn't spend all day on a game. It does make you feel left out when your fc is talking about getting ready to raid and farming for gear. It sucks because I can the join in the same runs and conversations as them because I'm "behind". Oh well when they are burnt out from speed leavling I will still be slowly enjoying the game. To each his own.

I think it should be ok, I mean early access was 5 days, then 14 days till alexander normal launches, then another 7 days to get ur weekly tokens or w/e the heck they are. That's 26 days to get to lvl 60 and a few pieces of law gear. Even then missing one or two weeks shouldn't be a problem since you can get anywhere between 1-4 pieces of alexander gear each week depending on what slot you wan't to upgrade armor/accessory.

[Edellis]

Oh well when they are burnt out from speed leavling I will still be slowly enjoying the game. To each his own.

Absolutely. I really want to experience the raids at the front-end, but I have no desire to burn out the game's content when the game was just expanded not even 3 weeks ago. There's no telling how long Alexander will be.

[Kiara1]

4-5 months?, really?. Most MMO's die because of that kind of stuff...people complain there is no content yet you're complaining because there is too much content?...geez are people ever happy about anything?.

Actually I think the complaint is directed at things being obsolete too quickly.

The biggest thing bothering me with this is that queuetimes are sooo long for things that are only a month old.

[Onikimaru]

Actually I think the complaint is directed at things being obsolete too quickly.

The biggest thing bothering me with this is that queuetimes are sooo long for things that are only a month old.

If you're not in a world first type of FC content is not going to be obsolete anytime soon.

[Kiara1]

If you're not in a world first type of FC content is not going to be obsolete anytime soon.

Ex primals probably will. Raids are fine as they are.
Like right now I'm afraid I will have to wait forever to beat the new EX primals because I won't have time to attempt it in 2 weeks.
So in two weeks I'm assuming no one is doing them anymore (Lets hope i'm wrong, but looking at moggle and ramuh ex it could happen)

[Warlyx]

Ex primals probably will. Raids are fine as they are.
Like right now I'm afraid I will have to wait forever to beat the new EX primals because I won't have time to attempt it in 2 weeks.
So in two weeks I'm assuming no one is doing them anymore (Lets hope i'm wrong, but looking at moggle and ramuh ex it could happen)

i doubt alex normal is going to drop weapons , ravana ex weapons are going to be BiS until alex savage last turn...

and to do ravana ex u need to do bismark ex , so both are going to be relevant for weeks.

remember that relic weapons arent coming until 3.1 and thats 2months+ away

And im sure SE will add echo later on and put on DR trial.