Recent interview

[Ryel]

If Crystal Tower came when everyone had ilvl 70 gear. It would of been "very" hard. People go in with ilvl 110-130 gear and its suddenly a joke.

Coils are not hard when you go in with ilvl 180 gear. <3

I don't know about that, i did crystal tower when if first came out and the highest ilvl pieces available were i90. At the time the hardest part of LoTA was pulling people away from Netflix long enough to stand on a platform for 20 seconds or stand behind a rock for 5.

[nuyu11]

Regarding Heavensward content available to the new player:

As we know, to play Heavensward's content, one must complete A Realm Reborn's main story questline through Patch 2.55. ARR has been adjusted so that new players will gain double the experience points in the main story, making side quests not needed quite as much, and the Duty Finder prioritizes new players in the queue. The option to remove item and level sync in dungeons was also introduced to help new players, so that dungeons could be completed without an entire party.

Item rewards in ARR content also offer better gear. For example, quest rewards that were item level 55 before, can now offer ilevel 90. And by completing the Chronicles of a New Era quests from patches 2.1-2.55, players can easily get a full set of gear that's item level 110.

[Zeno_McDohl]

I'm very surprised to hear Alex NM will be harder than current EX's. My impression is they were going to be Coil nerfed+Echo difficulty.

[Dualblade]

I'm very surprised to hear Alex NM will be harder than current EX's. My impression is they were going to be Coil nerfed+Echo difficulty.

Which depending on the Turn you were doing was still harder then the EX Primals back then as well. So it makes sense that Alex NM would be harder then the EX on atleast one turn (if they are doing Turns again atleast)