Place your bets!

[CGMidlander]

It will be cleared by some group before the end of this week, I bet.

[fireslash]

i bet its already cleared by the devs ...here i won

[zcrash970]

i bet its already cleared by the devs ...here i won

I highly doubt that. If I remember correctly, SE test team couldn't beat SCoB savage. I doubt they could be equally hard content. Generally the top players are much better than the test teams.

[Sylve]

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Even regular T5 Coil took quite a while to beat, and IIRC only one or two Raid Teams actually managed to clear it before the nerf/fix to tornadoes.

I feel like the Devs might just make Savage Alex truly Savage because its intended to be content for that 1% bleeding edge group.
With Coil, They tried to balance it in a way that people could clear it for Story while also trying to be difficult enough to keep hardcore Raiders happy.

I seriously hope they overtune Savage in the start, so that only the very best of the best can clear it. I think its perfectly fine to have content like that. Not only does it give the hardcore Raiders something to bash their heads against, it also gives normal people a height to strive to. We can't improve if we have nothing to struggle towards.

[Elvin]

A1: Patch Day
A2: Two Days After Patch
A3: Three Days After Patch (A few hours after they introduce the second part of the patch)
A4: Four days after patch

Because I think that A3 unavoidable damage might be enought for people with "low gear" to need pentamelded new crafting gear to have enought HP to survive.

But I don't think it will take too much time, because I have the feeling that with 3 weeks (2 before patch and one a few hours after) of Alexander normal (ilvl 190) plus 1 esoteric piece (ACC/Jewel) plus 180 equipment, plus 190 weapon, ilvl of hardcore players will be quite high. Around 190 I guess?

So it won't be like 2.0 when people had to start going in to the coil of Bahamut with ilvl around 70.


But of course I might be totally wrong


ANyway, I think that what prevents the top raiding guilds to advance is more gear checks than any other thing. Not with mechanics.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

If savage is like Savage, it will take WAY longer that what you guys are expecting.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

I wouldn't be surprised if Alex Savage had the same bosses as Alex Story, with new mechanics thrown in, just like the differences between Primals Ex and Primals Hard.

[Yumi_umi]

Remember ppl if something is broken in the raid devs wont fix till a high end raid group points it out etc.
Their true testers r the raid groups who reach and try those fights 1st.
I.e twisters loool

[Ultimatecalibur]

My bets after listening to people attempting it after the servers openned:

• Faust (A1) - Week of July 21st.
• Oppressor (A1) - Week of July 28th.
• Goblin Army (A2) - Week of August 4th.
• Living Liquid (A3) - Week of August 11th.
• The Manipulator (A4) - Week of August 18th.

[Miscreant]

My bets after listening to people attempting it after the servers openned:

• Faust (A1) - Week of July 21st.
• Oppressor (A1) - Week of July 28th.
• Goblin Army (A2) - Week of August 4th.
• Living Liquid (A3) - Week of August 11th.
• The Manipulator (A4) - Week of August 18th.

You've already lost A1 has already been cleared by at least three groups