FFXIV OST - Perfect Alexander's Theme (Moebius Orchestral) 

It's only made up after the first time you told him about it, which was brute justice in A8 and was real.

I mean... you're not wrong. At all. Since the minstrel actually is Yoshi-P's in-game avatar!

I like to think of the Ultimate fights just being the version of the fight we were supposed to lose (aka like the time line where the illumanati win, or a time line where Bahamut fully recovered), and because we the players are stubborn as fuck, in that time line we abuse the power of the echo till we win

@@lapinbeau somewhat, i believe during the rising events his model changes a little to moreso reflect his irl hairstyle and complexion

@@rinnnnnnnnnnrin yeah they do update his model in accordance with his irl look over the years

What part of "damage OVER time" is confusing you 😏

@@deleted6089 A DoT is a Damage over Time effect. Primal of Time. Died to an effect that, via wordplay, has dominion OVER time. You could just read the words and comprehend meaning.

@@Those_Weirdos DoTs are specifically OVER time, therefore it's out of Allie's dominion of time! Aaaaaaaaaay!

@@savvivixen8490 You're thinking of "beyond" time, or "out of" time. Over in relation to time takes place *within*. To use "over" in any other way indicates it's literally ABOVE it(like, on top of it, like on top of a building), which wouldn't work as that pertains to space, not time.

@@optimaltt6070 RIP that wordplay joke; you were well loved ~♡~

Heh... You could say it was... Alexander's Last Stand.

@@SirBuljo Leave.

@@SirBuljo Get out!

@@SirBuljo INAFF

@@SirBuljo And take his knees with you when you go.

I came here for the music, certainly but... when time was stopped at 0.1% I legit screamed at my screen.

I tried so hard to not wake up everyone lmao

I thought my party killing Shinryu EX after the enrage Tidal Wave had sent us flying was cutting it close, but these fuckers. THESE FUCKERS I love it.

what would have happened otherwise insta death ?

@@ROBDEWAND the way the enrage works is that Perfect Alexander will place panels that the party needs to stand in one-by-one to presumably avoid killing the rest of the party with a failed mechanic. Standing in those panels stops each party member as it hits them, before eventually the entire party is halted. Then Perfect Alexander casts its enrage, which essentially confirms the total halting of time for everything in that area except itself. No damage, no death, just a total stop. After a few seconds to really drink in the screen that shows how close you were to victory, the fight restarts. If it were an instant restart from the moment the cast activates, they wouldn't have killed Alexander with those DoTs - it's still amazing to think about.

is that a KKHTA pfp i see

agree and i 100% think that had to be intentional, at the very end when the cages are falling down, the way that triumphant sounding melody swells and crescendos they clearly expect THIS MOMENT SPECIFICALLY to be the moment that the players clear the fight and want that feeling of accomplishment to be that much more elevated by the incredible composition they put together **chef's kiss**

@@MajorReynolds92 It's amazing how they timed ALL of the used songs for the whole fight, especially the part that you mentioned. It really makes you feel the victory.

Its true because this phase is easily the easiest in the fight. It isn't uncommon for someone to clear the final phase the first time seeing it after studying it. If you focus, this phase and song is truly a victory lap. I love this fight so much.

@@ihaveskillissue69 True i prog atm P2 to (3rd Nisi/BPOG) P3 and P2 looks so much harder then this phase when im honest :D

It reminds me of current gen Chess bots playing each other where there will reach a point where both will aknowledge moving any further will put them at a disadvantage, so they both will just cycle the same piece repeatedly between 2 squares till the game stalemates

@@otto8th272 Isnt that 90% of Checkers games

From Mr Data playing a game of stalemate against one of the Federation's top tactical minds to the embody of the God of Time, they all realize the true final gambit of deadlock

@@Aleara27 there was one about a carbuncle killing one

WoW proved that dot's matter too.

god i miss having three dots as a dragoon.

Basic math is all the proof we needed..

@@magistrategaming I miss my Drk dot. ;-;

Power Rangers style, but better animation XD

Monk mains wanna speak a word with you

Alexander is Voltron confirmed.

Gattai!

When I first saw I said "this is one part cool two parts were fucked"

Well, it's white mage..

@@angel.feathers Y E S

@@angel.feathers S E Y

holy crap you're right

One year late, but a good keybind layout will help massively. I play 16 of the 17 proper jobs without referring to the hotbar, which is only possible because the buttons make sense to me and I can logically recall where is what bound to. I highly suggest you play around with different setups until one clicks. It's worth the relearning.

😂😂😂

it's like they just watched transformers and thought of power ranger megazord at the same time

@@altairscauldron9776 That would be Brute Justice (His name and the name of the robots that make him is actually based on a team of transformers that can combine.)

@@danielnaumann8469 Inspired by the Combaticons, recognized most of the names. Except they unintentionally used Blaster, the actual name of an Autobot. I know it's Blast Off... but still. x)

In the lore of ff (not only ff14) there's a version of alexander with the legs, it dates way before this ultimate was made. For example ff13 has one of them and Hope is it's owner

Not to mention how throughout the whole fight the music syncs up with it beautifully. The first and third elemental debuff swaps are timed perfectly, the way Metal slows down when Nisi is resolved, how it comes back when Double Rocket Punch hits the tanks, how the music charges up when Brute starts his Super Jump... how Rise lyrics come in after the tank busters end, how it slows down during Inception, builds up during Super Jump, and comes back when Alex reappears. How it's tense and faded during Wormhole, allowing players to focus, only to get more active as the mechanics pile up, building up to the shared stack, and once again, the lyrics return when Alex returns. Then the final chorus during J-Waves is electrifying. It's gonna take a lot to top this. TEA might go down as the best fight in the game, forever.

just a note way later which I was excited about, have you also noticed how cool the music and instruments are and how well they fit thematically? a shit ton of brass, there's a sound that is just like steam releasing, and at one point it's got almost the exact same rhythm as a chugging train and hydraulics, and obviously you also have the alarm noises as well. it's so good.

Oh hey, it's the Melt guy. Fancy seeing you here!

Im sorry, I know this is a late response, but your remark about caprisun made me almost spit out my tea. XD

I mean he kinda is. He undermines the illuminati and then tests you to see if he can leave the world in your hands. He's the one primal in the game that is at odds with his summoners, even if his hands are mostly tied in dealing with them

That exact thing happened in FF9 (Bahamut vs Alexander) Even with dated graphics that cut scene still gives me the chills.

90 percent sure he'd just win against any other primal you'd put him against save maybe Hydaelyn and Zodiark lol. The only primal that decides its best to find a way to take himself out of commission because he's TOO strong.

@@SilverVibes Yeah, imo of all the primals we have faced Alexander is the strongest so far. Having the ability to control time and space, and change reality like an actual god is so OP. Even Alexander himself knows how dangerous he is so he decided to just "pls kill me, i'm very very harmful"

You're not the only one! To stop the DoT would of had to stop himself to, so that's why he was killed X'D

@@arachineatzeer7478 DIO: ZA WARUDO SCH: *laughs in patch 3.0 balance*

SCH, BLM, SMN, WHM: "Let us introduce ourselves."

@@arachineatzeer7478 LAUGHS IN SAMURAI'S HIGANBANA

I keep forgetting about Higanbana as I rarely see it or use it myself as a Samurai

This holds true 200% after DSR

Agreed, even Top can't...well...Top this

And part of his arms, and a sizable chunk of his chest as well.

ALEXANDER!!!!!!!!

Voltron: Defender of the Universe

@@nikkitan9001 lol Alexander defender of universe.

BlueMageDanny I’ll form the head, I’ll form the head.

LETS GO VOLTRON FORCE!

Well it is an upgraded version of Mobius from phase 1 of A12, though that track only got to play for about 2min before Rise jumps in. I'm really glad they upgraded Mobius for this fight... though even in A12 it was always a case of "Do these kind of silly electric tracks really deserve this more traditionally somber and epic version?"

It incorporates a bit of Metal in there too! I've loved tracking the leitmotifs in this game, and this song made me especially giddy.

Why would Alexander say "You are time is up"?

Now Perfect Alexander just need to take control of the Alexander Raid Body... Arcexander

"JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?"

and when it combines with the Colossal Alexander he will become the Super Perfect Prime Alexander

BusterBosque that’s because they do lol ultima weapon ultimate does the same I think.

Kek

He found his legs

There's a lot of details added to this version that weren't in the original, too. - Muted trumpet marcato during the first section - Bass drum - More focus on brass (specifically, a LOT more trumpet and trombone) - Woodwinds and strings backing the piano during the piano "solo" instead of another piano - French horns are more up front in the mix during the final section - Cello section actually sounds like a section during the intro

True!!

In FFIX they are completely different entities. I actually wish the remaster of IX would have added new content like a way to restore alexander that would have been cool.

@@HalinHaber That's right. Ark is the Terra to Alexander's Gaia. Both are immensely powerful Ediolons in the image of living fortresses, but from different planets in service to their own respective summoners.

@@Zayindjejfj Is Ark really an Eidolon? For some reason I thought it was linked to the creation of the Invincible somehow (proto-Invincible?), since it originally resided in Oeilvert where there's also a room full of airship concepts leading to Invincible's creation. Eidolons are also created by the planet's crystal as it's defenders, but Terra is dying so can it really produce one? When you summon it, it doesn't really manifest, and just comes to Gaia from Terra's moon.

@@Rettomus Last time I checked it was essentially Terra's version of Alexander. An Eidolon of legend in the form of a living fortress. I figured it was just preserved and stood as guardian for whatever Garland/Kuja wanted. We know it's an Eidolon because you can actually use him as a summon. He's been referenced to have the longest summoning cutscene in the entire game and I think in the entire franchise. Him coming from Terra is supposed to show that he is not a creation of Gaia, but of Terra as you mentioned. That's just my idea at least. Ark could've been some kind of tool to create airships in its image? I'm not sure, I figured he was just their to guard the place. I might be wrong about a few things. Since it's been a minute since I've checked factual sources. I'm just going off of memory.

The ultimate raids really are the "ultimate" love letter to the most dedicated players. They simultaneously take you back in time to when you first experienced the content while also taking everything to an amazing new level.

Also let's just take a minute to process that we get to fight a MULTI-WINGED ROMAN GLADIATOR MEGAZORD GOD OF TIME.

Is it a crime i wa t a transforming/combining figure of Alexander the Assembled?

@@dragonfable66 you don't have a soul if you don't want a figure of this glorious bastard

@@tuyhhf i dont even play FFXIV But i followed the story via playthroughs. Alexander is my fave primal with all the temporal mtrickery involved

@@dragonfable66 Alex has always been on the cooler side of the franchise's summons (see IX for a standout example) but this is definitely his best showing yet. Nothing like Genesic Alexander!

But the legs are just for show

As a mecha fan, I’d love this! But realistically speaking, while Brute Justice and Cruise Chaser would be easier to design, designing versions that also combine with Alexander would be rather difficult. Especially seeing as some of that wonderful combination sequence is what we call “anime magic”: mass-shifting of multiple units, and segments of robot seemingly extending out from and retracting into almost nothing (which I’m not talking about Alexander absorbing Brute Justice and growing its component limbs, I mean like the leg units grow wider and gain an extra toe each). Unfortunately a physical Alexander the Assembled would be resigned to being a partsforming combiner. Though I’d still buy it if it had good articulation and could hold itself up. Hell, you could make bank between repaints: one that’s the different colors of each component involved like your standard megazord, and one that’s the unified white and gold as Al grows wings - that latter one could easily be a box set.

Nah he be like " yo that's cool but where's the drill? " 🤣

WE NEED A ALEXANDER VS GODBERT

Gurren lagann crossover when SE

Alexander: As many times as -I- can create.

Wow that was so funny!

Yeah I agree!

@@tunnel1507 biased :^)

@@tunnel1507 Perfection.

Moebing time*

@@jacobsiron6929 you're right dude

Underrated comment.

This is the stuff that energizes me

You can experience anything you wish -- just put the effort in to put yourself out there. We're social animals.

@@domini1337 So you've had a dedicated static for a while, then.

@@domini1337 i do not have the time , i have a job to do

Same

@@dbzfanexwarbrady I work 50 hours a week and still raid. Gear comes quick once you can clear consistently.

It's like this for most 8-man duties.

All of the fights end that way, story and savage content you and your characters are the ones putting in work. Always liked that about the game.

@@bigbay1159 I mean this is the first one I can remember where it has multiple shots of every character individually doing their victory cutscene. Usually you get a YOU WIN screen zooming out to show your party looking cool then either a dramatic pan of the arena or a shot your own character laughing / posing / smiling / being depressed in the center of the screen with a random party member or two getting Mike Wazowski'd at the edge the background.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1DTxwE8LCAo.html this video has the reactions at the end!

should've sung "My Way"

I could picture the xray miasma scene perfectly. Amazing comment!

Why did PLD say smn is bad :(

​@@cherylhassenzahl4462 it's a joke. it isn't real, go play smn and kill everything

Why do I picture this as an anime scene

you should watch the source video, because...they are shouting DIE DAMN YOU! for the last 30 seconds or so. Its fantastic

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