Discussion : How to boost Alexander attractiveness ?

[Nutz]

You kind of contradicted your own point. We can have cutscenes without having to have new areas. The last boss area in 5 mans use the checkpoint system to play cutscenes, not sure why that couldn't be implemented to the raids.

I believe he was getting at the fact that as far as the story goes when completing each instance of Alexander you view a long cut scene that ends with you leaving to talk to your team in the Hinterlands. Even if it were made such that you didn't leave the area for additional story, having even 1 new player would cause a CM/ Praetorium situation where everyone is sitting around waiting for said player to view the (admittedly boring) cut scenes before progressing, likely resulting in the new player being kicked for viewing cut scenes (reason: AFK).

As to the other things mentioned, to me the story is the worst offender. It's rather dull and as was said, the Goblins don't feel intimidating and are even made to be comically inept most of the time. Sure, they're not the real threat exactly, but Alexander as a threat seems very vague and in the background, at least up to this point.

I actually really like the music, at least for A1-3. The aesthetic also feels appropriate to me. I like the difficulty where it's at (a bit more difficult than CT, but still nothing that requires perfection or very specific coordination), and I feel the fights are decently interesting within those parameters. For me, the story is really the only weak point.

The above is only in reference to hard mode (in reality story/ normal mode -- things shouldn't be labeled 'hard' as the lowest possible tier). I haven't tried, nor do I intend to try Savage mode. Just not the sort of content I'm interested in at the moment (static groups/ sitting in PF forever, exacting DPS checks, etc.).