Alexander Appreciation Thread

[Nalien]

Going to have to go with a big no. The steampunk wanna-be abomination is a terrible adaption.

This is Alexander:

I cannot mash like enough... How does anyone like XIVs version of Alexander? He pops out of no where and just lazily crawls out of a river at the slowest pace imaginable... I'm sure he'll look fairly imposing come 3.4, but that doesn't change the fact that he will have spent the better part of a year crawling out of a river... That is not, in any possible sense of the word, epic.

Obvious spoilers for IX, but this is how you introduce Alexander. I don't even know what is going on with XIVs version, I call him Alexanderp... Anything he does is going to be mired by him spending a year doing nothing, he doesn't even feel like a threat, it feels like he fell off the short bus and we're reluctantly putting him down... At least Bahamut had an excuse for needing to pull himself together over 2.0~2.4, or rather at least Bahamut had a show of power before hand, and much of the main scenario emphasizing what a threat he was... Alexanderp? Shows up, just another Primal to put down, has done absolutely nothing. Couldn't they have stuck a Castrum off on a distant mountain, and come the end of 3.0, have Alexander summoned and Holy Judgment'd it to show off his power? IDK, anythings better than whatever the hell we just got in 3.0...

[Caitlyn]

The appearance of Alexander itself isnt the major problem. Its the raid itself which make this primal even more boring and unimpressive. Any primal, no matter if Ifrit or Bahamut are nicely designed and very interesting because of their mechanics and presentation. Remember the beautifull lightning-effects when Ramuh appears? Or the stunning rock-theme from Shiva? Or the Landslide/Bomb/Add-Phase in Titan Ex?

What do we have for Alexander?
Alexander just move a bit out of his lake and thats it. There is no threat at all, because he dont move any further. He just sit there and think: "What a wonderfull day! Hey... those small ants are looking interesting. Maybe its a good idea to let them in.". You fight a primal? No! You fight goblins, toothpaste and Faust. Alexander itself seems not to care about anything.

Binding Coil of Bahamut. Bahamut was trapped, sealed away, broke free, destroyed Eorzea and vanished. But you learned, that you have stop Bahamut to rise again. Otherwise, Eorzea is doomed. Damn, you will even fight against Bahamut itself and that was awesome! Hell, T12 and T13 were my personal highlights! Beautifull designed and extremely fun to play.


Alexander Gordias is boring and uninspired.