Quote Originally Posted by Nestama View Post
I doubt this. The Warriors of Darkness exist because the Warrior of Light is currently an imbalance (or so Elidibus claims).
Are they being used for that purpose? Yes. But I think saying that they actually exist for that purpose is probably a bit much, especially since we know that they were once Warriors of Light.

Quote Originally Posted by PArcher View Post
Just, uh, don't let your expectations get too high initially. The story honestly isn't anything special until Final Coil (which is why some of us are expecting more from this last part of the Alexander story) with the exception of the post-T5 revelation and the T9 cutscenes. Yes, the Final Coil story is really good, but unfortunately, a lot of people like to forget that most people didn't care about the Coil story until people really started to clear T12...

EDIT: Actually, thinking about it, a lot of what made the Final Coil story good was the stuff from T12...but to hear it after going through Heavensward, knowing what we do now...

I would like to hear what people who did the story in reverse (HW -> Coil) think about it...
Maybe you misunderstood what I wrote? I was saying in the same paragraph that I've already cleared T13 a few months ago. As for my expectations, they were high, and they were still surpassed in every instance, from the Binding Coil to the Final Coil. Not to say that I didn't find T10-13 to be the most interesting, but it was cool to see us actually progress to reach that point. Though if I haven't said so before, I had seen the cutscenes before on YouTube because I was afraid I might never get to finish Coils, and I didn't mind the spoilers at all in this case. I simply wanted to have these cutscenes for myself, ie with my character, because it feels more special.

As for Alexander, I had no expectations at all, not even negative ones. However, Mide proved to be an uninteresting character who made decidedly stupid choices, and the Illuminati are no more interesting to me. Not to mention that the very concept of a machine Primal is rather unimpressive and uninspired to me. Right now I just do my weekly Midas for my Midan Gear, but I care nothing for the fight or the story.