Alexander!. Thoughts on difficulty? and endgame. [possible spoilers]

[adn]

3/4 of the fights feel like they are REALLY on the DPS. The only fight where I felt significant pressure to perform as a healer was A4, and none of the mechanics in the fights seem particularly rough on tanks. I haven't done EX primals but I've seen sentiments that both Bismarck and Ravana EX are mostly DPS checks as well... not sure if S-E is just trying to push DPS players harder or what.

[Neuflune]

...not sure if S-E is just trying to push DPS players harder or what.

Probably. In the past, a lot of things rely on the tanks and healers; the DPS who don't know any better just button mash. Take for example, Ifrit Extreme. I've farmed it as a tank and as a healer, and the DPS just don't know how to let up. The healers try hard to avoid the DPS when they have Searing Wind, but the problem is that the DPS spread out to kill more nails as quickly as possible. The tanks get debuffed heavily, as does everyone else, and that makes it very hard on healers to the point that it may cause a wipe especially if the healers are new. But DPS don't care. They just DPS away.

Point is, it's time for DPS to learn something other than their own rotations. Deal with mechanics while keeping our DPS up, etc. (I main summoner) Edit: Of course raiders already know this. Alexander (Normal) is catering more to the "casual" player; they need a DPS bootcamp too.