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    Alexander Midas (Savage): We Power Rangers now.

    Making a new discussion thread for a new raid tier.

    Patch 3.2 releases on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.



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    The basic rules for the reward system in Alexander: Midas (Savage) are the same as Alexander: Gordias (Savage), and you'll be able to challenge savage mode after clearing all of the normal Alexander: Midas. Additionally, as I mentioned previously, the DPS checks for the third and fourth areas of Alexander: Gordias (Savage) were much too severe, and giving consideration to this we are in the midst of making final adjustments. However, since this is a raid, the difficulty will still be very high.
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    Greetings,

    Thanks for your patience as the development team reworked the changes to the Limit Break charge rate.

    In Patch 3.2, we're planning to make the following adjustments to the rate in which the Limit Break gauge accumulates.

    Content which utilizes the Duty Finder matching.

    Regardless of the party composition, the accumulation rate will always be constant.

    Content which does not utilize the Duty Finder matching.
    (Content such as Alexander: Midas (Savage))

    Under the below conditions, the Limit Break gauge will accumulate at a slower rate:
    When there are 3 or more Tank class/jobs.
    When there are 5 or more DPS class/jobs.
    When there are 3 or more Healer class/jobs.
    When there are 2 or more of the same class/jobs.
    We Power Rangers now:


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    Personally I am much more interested in the aesthetics we've seen here than anything Gordias had to offer. A1S was decent, A2S was boring... A3S was fantastic, but A4S was definitely a let down. These at least all look interesting, I am very curious to see how the ball and chain mechanic from the 3rd fight (A7S I guess?) works.

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    More than anything the spikes in the floor of A7 seemed most interesting--it looked like he picked up a player and dropped them away from the rest of the group. inb4 melee get fucked by this mechanic, ranged reign supreme.

    The environment as a whole playing a factor seems neat, I hope it's actually used in the (what appears to be) boss gauntlet (specifically the weird shifting floor). Hope the gorilla is a healer mechanic so I can make bad jokes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocl View Post
    More than anything the spikes in the floor of A7 seemed most interesting--it looked like he picked up a player and dropped them away from the rest of the group. inb4 melee get fucked by this mechanic, ranged reign supreme.

    The environment as a whole playing a factor seems neat, I hope it's actually used in the (what appears to be) boss gauntlet (specifically the weird shifting floor). Hope the gorilla is a healer mechanic so I can make bad jokes.
    I hope not, we're running triple melee this patch.

    It looks like A6S will have at least 3 different encounters. I counted 3 different floor patterns and you can see them in this shot specifically. Wondering if it will be fighting the forms of him with a final boss encounter, similar to ADS in Turn 2.

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    My guess kipling is that you'll be fighting the arms and legs of Voltron in A6

    In A8 you'll fight The Manipulator again, but will Voltron his way really quickly with the real fight music starting.

    Edit: Really interested to see if they reset the entire instance, or let you continue off what boss you're on in A6 (I know prior mechanics dictate current boss but that seems like it'll either make A6 really long or a complete joke progression wise)

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    Actually, like Kipling I think A6 will be like the ole T2. That'd be a complete "reset" if you wipe; I expect the bosses to go bugbear dude > 4 legs (maybe 3) > quickthinx gobwalker > voltron

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    Whelp, our Bard isn't back until March so I guess no early progression for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by haroldsaxon View Post
    Whelp, our Bard isn't back until March so I guess no early progression for me.
    Considering this tier is supposedly going to be easier, I doubt you will be that behind to begin with.

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    Still annoying though given what's happened in 3.0

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    LOL did they literally bring back the worst of both options?


    Under the below conditions, the Limit Break gauge will accumulate at a slower rate:
    When there are 3 or more Tank class/jobs.
    When there are 5 or more DPS class/jobs.
    When there are 3 or more Healer class/jobs.
    When there are 2 or more of the same class/jobs.

    They tried implementing that system before and people freaked out now they're implementing BOTH at once? Why? Was the backlash not originally clear, but now you implement it with both penalties in play?


    Their development decisions are pants on head retarded.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LinktheDeme View Post
    LOL did they literally bring back the worst of both options?





    They tried implementing that system before and people freaked out now they're implementing BOTH at once? Why? Was the backlash not originally clear, but now you implement it with both penalties in play?


    Their development decisions are pants on head retarded.

    Its the only way to keep 7x WAR parties in check

    They are giving tanks huge VIT pools and they can't nerf damage that much, so once again they are pinning themselves in a corner for development.

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    The "two or more of the same job" is the worst of all of them. Because it's literally saying "we don't even need to try to balance jobs, we're just going to punish the shit out of everyone if you don't invite one of everything".

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    Quote Originally Posted by LinktheDeme View Post
    LOL did they literally bring back the worst of both options?





    They tried implementing that system before and people freaked out now they're implementing BOTH at once? Why? Was the backlash not originally clear, but now you implement it with both penalties in play?


    Their development decisions are pants on head retarded.
    Before one of the limits was "3 or more of the same role" so triple melee or comps like BLM+SMN+BRD got shit on.

    I don't agree with penalizing people for bringing copy classes, but I guess this is their war of trying to stop WAR WAR as the new and only tank meta.

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    If this doesn't only affect pre-mades, then they have a real problem unless they're changing the group building algorithms as well. There's so many Alexander groups that have two of the same healer, DPS, tank, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragnus View Post
    If this doesn't only affect pre-mades, then they have a real problem unless they're changing the group building algorithms as well. There's so many Alexander groups that have two of the same healer, DPS, tank, etc.
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    Content which utilizes the Duty Finder matching:
    Regardless of the party composition, the accumulation rate will always be constant.

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    Please tell me there's a new song for these next set of raids. Not just a new final boss theme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitoshura View Post
    Please tell me there's a new song for these next set of raids. Not just a new final boss theme.
    Why would you want to stop enjoying the awesome original music that never got old and muted after 1 hour of alex normal?

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    Shits gonna be the same. Hell, the raids are called:

    The Hand of the Son
    The Cuff of the Son
    The Arm of the Son
    The Burden of the Son.

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    Wait so the first one was Of the Father and now this one is Of the Son?

    Third one is Goblin Holy Spirit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eleven19 View Post
    Wait so the first one was Of the Father and now this one is Of the Son?

    Third one is Goblin Holy Spirit?
    Well Gordias has son who is named Midas so it makes sense.

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