How likely is Alex savage to be nerfed.

[Drako]

There's no real way to know, and it's tough to make assumptions based on Savage SCoB, because it was in a very different position from Savage Alexander.

Savage SCoB was not part of progression in any way, had no unique drops, no higher item level gear than was already available elsewhere, etc.

Savage Alex may be part of general progression (depending on the item level of Alex 2), has unique drops, and has higher item level gear than is (currently) available elsewhere.

Personally, I would be surprised if they changed any mechanics in Alex Savage, and don't anticipate that they'll put echo in, though that wouldn't surprised me. Most likely Void Ark will be i200, Alex 2 i220, new tomes i230, Alex 2 Savage i240, so that Alex Savage can be skipped over once it's not current.

This pretty much sums up my thoughts as well. Savage Alexander actually has more in common with Normal mode Coil then it does Savage Coil(and normal Alex has more in common with crystal tower difficulty, slightly harder ill admit). There was a couple threads on that subject awhile back when we found out they were calling the harder mode of Alex (savage). Based on the description of the overall difficulty, people were confused why they called it "Savage" instead of simply calling it "Hard". The difficulty of Savage Alex is clearly more in line with normal mode coil, then it is with savage coil. If you compare how difficult it is compared with what normal mode Coil was back when we were still gearing up for it. It's really about the same. It's been my experience so far at least. So really the difficulty (Savage) is either mistranslated, or it was a mistake in naming conventions. It's very deceptive. If you ask most people that been around sense the beginning, that haven't tried savage, what they think Savage means. They'll most likely tell you it means impossible except for the extreme few elite. Which in this case it definitely isn't.

That all being said, I have to agree with others, that there would likely be at the very least, a echo buff somewhere down the line. And if there is one that does come, then it will certainly throw into question why they named it savage, instead of Hard.