Alexander Discussion, Round 2: Wait is this the easy mode thread?

[Churchill]

Hotfix inc to add Alex Savage: Extreme?

[Kelenae]

Ya, balance around the 0.0025%

[Churchill]

idk, this dev team gets hella salty if you beat their game

[Avarice]

Good news, you can survive one(1) missile exploding.
Bad news, not for long.

But no, it is actually probably still doable if you fuck up a single missile, but it's gonna be hell on your healers.

[Carth]

idk, this dev team gets hella salty if you beat their game

From what I've seen, BCoB T1 - T5 was harder than this upon release imo. They seem to be avoiding anything like T2, for instance. And that was perhaps the most challenging in terms of execution (until the enrage exploit).

A3-A4 might be roadblocks, but considering they just go straight to bosses and ignore trash mobs it seems unlikely. Alex NM familiarized everyone with the mechanics too.

[Hitoseijuro]

Any idea what the accuracy caps are for the first 2 floors? Any idea how much acc the dps are currently running for those being completed?

[Carth]

A1 has an accuracy cap of approximately 570. I'd hit 580 to be safe.

Not sure on A2. A1 seems to tire out all the streamers.

[Churchill]

From what I've seen, BCoB T1 - T5 was harder than this upon release imo. They seem to be avoiding anything like T2, for instance. And that was perhaps the most challenging in terms of execution (until the enrage exploit).

A3-A4 might be roadblocks, but considering they just go straight to bosses and ignore trash mobs it seems unlikely. Alex NM familiarized everyone with the mechanics too.

I would agree with T1-T5 being the hardest. A lot of people like to say we didn't know how to play our classes or some other excuse, but this game is pretty straightforward.

The only real difference between T6-13 and T1-5 is that Warrior was viable and changed how we approached some problems. T9 is tough, and that sort of stands alone in comparison to the rest of the content.

[Taint]

There was always a pattern in my eyes:

T1,6,10 = simple mechanics, low dps check
T2,7,11 = complex mechanics, low dps check
T4,8,12 = simple mechanics, high dps check
T5,9,13 = complex mechanics, high dps check

[Avarice]

Well A1S breaks that mold. The mechanics aren't hard, but the enrage timer being 8m30s is extremely tight.

[Ratatapa]

Well A1S breaks that mold. The mechanics aren't hard, but the enrage timer being 8m30s is extremely tight.

Wasn't that the same issue with t13 at first?

Like people were clearing but really close to enrage

[Avarice]

Wasn't that the same issue with t13 at first?

Like people were clearing but really close to enrage

The difference is T13 enrages were 5% or less; these enrages are 20% or more. The damage you do in the first phase before the Oppressor 0.5 appears is key, since 0.5 copies the main's HP.

[Cursed]

Hope your tanks know how to dps.

[Judai]

There was always a pattern in my eyes:

T1,6,10 = simple mechanics, low dps check
T2,7,11 = complex mechanics, low dps check
T4,8,12 = simple mechanics, high dps check
T5,9,13 = complex mechanics, high dps check

I wouldn't really say 8,12 were HIGH DPS check, maybe moderate.

[Classikmage]

I bet SE wanted people to have a bit of Esoteric in hand before attempting Savage.

On an unrelated note, does anyone happen to know all the floors of Alex in Normal mode that, Crank(hands), Spring(legs) and Pedal(feet) drop out of?

[Cursed]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...mal_loot_list/

casuals don't know how to google.

[Classikmage]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...mal_loot_list/

casuals don't know how to google.

Filthy casuals!

[Avarice]

submitted 14 days ago

Yea.

[Takiwaki]

Did any upgrade items drop from Alex floor 2 clear? or are all upgrade items only going to be buyable with pages?

[Avarice]

Gobcoat