Questions about Alex

[Colorful]

Weapons have never come from the "easy mode" raids (CT style raids), so I don't forsee them coming from Alex Normal either. But I could be wrong.

The weapons were shown in the trailer, and this isn't an "easy mode" raid. I think it's safe to assume those crystal weapons will be obtainable from Alex, but we'll see very soon I guess.

[Zaft]

The weapons were shown in the trailer, and this isn't an "easy mode" raid. I think it's safe to assume those crystal weapons will be obtainable from Alex, but we'll see very soon I guess.

Alex Normal is intended to be an easy raid, one that you do so you can experience and enjoy the storyline without having to put in the significant amount of work that Coil required. Alex Savage is the actual raid.

Anyway, the weapon would likely drop from the final boss if anything, and wouldn't be a token.

[Nabian]

Alex Normal is intended to be an easy raid, one that you do so you can experience and enjoy the storyline without having to put in the significant amount of work that Coil required. Alex Savage is the actual raid.

Anyway, the weapon would likely drop from the final boss if anything, and wouldn't be a token.

Basically this. They would have been better off calling it Alex (Easy) and Alex (Normal) imo

[Colorful]

Alex Normal is intended to be an easy raid, one that you do so you can experience and enjoy the storyline without having to put in the significant amount of work that Coil required. Alex Savage is the actual raid.

Anyway, the weapon would likely drop from the final boss if anything, and wouldn't be a token.

I'm aware of that, but there's no way it's going to be face roll easy like the CT raids.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

Snippity

Now I wonder...

As a result, Alexander has both a normal (story) mode and a savage mode. The normal mode will be higher difficulty than that of the Extreme Primals, but easier than Second Coil of Bahamut's Savage Mode. This, of course, allows more players to enjoy the story. Like the turns of Coil, Alexander will broken up into sections, each with unique battle mechanics. Yoshida and his staff well recognize that Final Fantasy XIV has two types of players (the ones who want hardcore raiding, and everyone else), and they wanted to address the wants of both.

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Unless it's a mistranslation, Normal Alexander sounds like the original Coil's difficulty as I do perceive it as "harder than extremes, easier than Savage". This puzzles me.

[Nep_Nep]

Now I wonder...



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Unless it's a mistranslation, Normal Alexander sounds like the original Coil's difficulty as I do perceive it as "harder than extremes, easier than Savage". This puzzles me.

I remember hearing normal Alex is the equilivent of Coil plus echo while Hard is like Coil Savage.

[Cakekizy]

Now I wonder...



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Unless it's a mistranslation, Normal Alexander sounds like the original Coil's difficulty as I do perceive it as "harder than extremes, easier than Savage". This puzzles me.

Did they specify which extremes it was being compared to?

[saber_alter]

Did they specify which extremes it was being compared to?

no. but if it's a general comment like that, one can assume that it is more difficult than the hardest EX primal.

[Felis]

no. but if it's a general comment like that, one can assume that it is more difficult than the hardest EX primal.

it would be more that they compared it with the average difficulty of ex primals

[saber_alter]

it would be more that they compared it with the average difficulty of ex primals

that's the thing. none of the EX primals are that difficult. garuda and ifrit wasn't that difficult (just dps checks), titan's main difficulty was the edge and a bit of coordination. levi's was similar. ramoo was not, and i haven't done shiva but that looks pretty trivial too.

bismark is a massive dps check.

ravana is procedural like titan.