Alexander Appreciation Thread

[Alahra]

I remember when they first told us we'd be exploring inside of Alexander for the next raid, I imagined a giant, Gothic castle—perhaps something like Ishgard, as someone else mentioned, with moving chambers and golems, clockworks, and other "arcana" for defenses.

Instead, we got a comic relief villain made even sillier by the bizarre decision to localize them as the Illuminati—at least the Order of the Blue Hand or whatever it is doesn't pull it's name from what amounts to a pop culture reference, even if it's not particularly threatening.

*sigh* There's just so much wasted potential here.

[RainDurell]

You can rely on the forums to be filled with negativity

Anyhow, I personally really like the steampunkish theme of Alexander, it's only a shame we didn't get to explore more of its inside! I loved how everything was sortof askew in A1 and A2, made it feel more like you're inside the Alexander that you see outside.

[Averax]

I like this Alexander better

From Final Fantasy Type-0

[DarkmoonVael]

I like this Alexander better

From Final Fantasy Type-0

Never seen this one before but this is how you make alexander dramatic and epic.

Big mistake in FF14 is to not show what alexander is capable of in a cut scene, but just tell us in text. Bahamut in 14 is epic not because its Bahamut, but because we saw, through cutscenes, what he is capable of.

[Atoli]

My favorite Alexander:


No seriously, he's just a crossover between the worst-looking giant Mecha ever and Howl's Moving Castle.
I apprechiate that I got the core and shut that thing down before it could ruin more of that beautiful landscape in Sharlayan.

[Pomelo]

My favourite Alexander is 9's version
My least favourite is 13's...even though I'm a 13 fanboy...Alex there looks vile.

[FeliAiko]

Alexander's look in XIV is okay. Not as good as IX's version but a decent iteration nonetheless.

The problem, as others have mentioned, is how he's been presented so far. The image of him halfway out of the river with both hands on the ground is how he should've appeared, followed by a small display of his power. That way he looks more imposing despite being inactive. Right now he looks like he's clinging on for dear life trying not to drown.

[Yasuhiro]

Forgot the story for Alexander.
But is he sentient in this game? From what I remember and correct me if I'm wrong, the goblins just made a giant fortress for themselves that's named after a series mainstay primal.

[Remus]

words

They didn't make it they summoned it and live in it believing it will destroy everything but keep them safe and not harm them. I am pretty sure Alexander is self aware its just because he isn't full strength yet so most likely his awareness isn't as high.

[FeliAiko]

Snip

It's more like this:

1. Sharlayans had this idealistic concept of some kind of library they could live and travel around the world inside, gathering and storing all kinds of knowlege. They call it "Alexander".

2. The Illuminati come across this concept and take the shortcut of making it a reality via Primal summoning.

3. As a result the Goblin's version needs aether to function, which makes it a threat to the realm. An issue the Goblins don't care about since their mentality is only the worthy (i.e. themselves) deserve to be around to hoard all the world's knowledge anyway.

So Alex isn't really self-aware. For all intents and purposes, it's just a machine summoned in the image of the Goblins desires.