A fresh start server? A WoW Classic Approach? Would you want it?

Knowledge

There are a lot of people that love this game and have been here since the beginning. There are many of us that miss the early game meta, before the DLC, before Morrowind, back at the very start of it all. The industry has seen a growth of "fresh start" server programs that have been received with much praise. EverQuest I and EverQuest II both have had their share of Time Locked Expansion servers which gradually implement content to vanilla servers based on a community vote every sixty to ninety days.

The game RIFT has also just had a fresh start server added and World of Warcraft Classic is on the horizon. With all of these things in mind and the constant complaining regarding the changes to specific classes, skill lines, resources, and even CP adjustments, why not take us back? Why not give us a Fresh Start to quell some of these complaints and allow the players to enjoy what they miss?

Here's what I propose:

• The game begins exactly how it once did with Veteran Ranks
• The base game patch from day zero is implemented
• Every sixty days the players decide if the next content patch will be implemented
• This Fresh Start server will allow only players that have an active subscription.
• No Cash Shop.

CaffeinatedMayhem

NO

And yes, I've been here since launch.

Radinyn

Never, we can't destroy game's power - massiveness. I'm here since beta

AzraelKrieg

Base game from zero day? Do you know how much a buggy mess that was? Just no.

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO

starting all over again...no professions...no money...no friends(didn't had them anyway)...but worse NO MONEY!?...khajiit don't like.

VaranisArano

Nope. No thank you. Not interested in the slightest.

Edited to add: I really don't miss the Pre-One Tamriel railroad with its constant out-leveling content.

Also, with ZOS current track record of poor server performance, slow bug fixes and broken game updates with the game as currently operating, I dont trust them to run it properly even if I were interested.

Finally, just a reminder that this is another of the OP's typical threads seeking discussion, so make sure your comment is on topic if you want it to stick around.

starkerealm

No. Because I have been here since launch.

VaranisArano

I almost wish this were a poll. That would be a more accurate way to gauge numbers of interested/disinterested participants.

Though I have a feeling the No, Not Interested votes would win, based on the highly non-statistically significant number of responses thus far.

danno8

So everyone is a fire staff wielding, vampire DK? No thanks!

srfrogg23

I don’t think ESO has quite hit that point yet... Try again in 10 years after some new team comes in streamlines the entire game into mindless drivel with a strict focus on endgame raiding.

Kiralyn2000

I played WoW vanilla through Cata. That game went through many more changes than ESO has. There were people running pirate 'classic' servers of it. Etc, etc, etc.

I don't really feel like ESO has the demand or reason for such a thing. /shrug

ccfeeling

New start server , I would ask to move with current achievements and gears ASAP if the ping issues can be fixed .

300 ~ 350 pings wasn't fun .

karekiz

Its not really like the others. I don't think there is a huge untapped market for classic ESO as it was universally panned.

Tasear

No thanks

twev

I've been here since launch, and I'd take a bite of that apple.

Yolokin_Swagonborn

Only if it had the same amount of servers dedicated to PvP like it did during launch.

And the same amount of developers that actually care about PVP instead of being embarrassed by it and not even allowing or sponsoring player made PvP content.

DieAlteHexe

Of no interest to me.

TerraDewBerry

Nope... not a chance.

Knowledge

twev wrote: »

I've been here since launch, and I'd take a bite of that apple.

Could you elaborate further?

Florial

I absolutely hated this game at launch, played it for several months and quit. I really love the One Tamriel concept and have been happily playing now for quite sometime. I don't see myself leaving anytime soon. I wouldn't be interested but if this could be done for players with minimal developer time and effort, go for it. I would be interested to see how many folks would take the bait and switch over.

AlienatedGoat

I remember the old days, and I have no desire to return to that. The game was very different back then, and not in a good way. Not even in a nostalgic way.

Honestly, the game is way, way better off now than it was back at launch. It'd be nothing short of a disaster if we went back there.

AlienatedGoat

I mean you gotta remember: WoW was a smash hit on launch. It got rave reviews and was considered a great game.

ESO was considered a near failure at launch. People hated on it, BAD. People who had played in beta left in droves after they saw the sad and buggy state of the game at launch. It was seriously questioned if the game would even last a year at that point.

There was a large desire for people to return to WoW in its launch state, because everyone loved it. It held a place in oldbies hearts.

Here, not so much. People tend to loathe the launch state of ESO more than not.

Reverb

I don't want to go back to the beginning, but I'm on the bandwagon of people who want 1.6 back.

Nemesis7884

OH GOD NO

I didn't play the game after the beta because i thought it was horrible - came back spring last year and am loving it now so no...definatly not - ESO has become better and better over the years - which doesn't mean everything is perfect but it has definatly improved....

GazettE

The only thing that i miss during beta or post beta is the SOFT CAP! Where the game was much more "balanced".

Ackwalan

Even if the server is exactly the way it was in the beginning, it won't be the way you remember. It would be better if ZOS used those resources to improve the server we have now.

LordGavus

I'll pass thanks.

wenchmore420b14_ESO

World of Warcraft Classic is on the horizon.

No. Just no.
Have been here since 2nd beta. 8,500 hours in ESO since early access.
PLEASE OP, stop trying to make this a WoW clone!
Your discussions are getting old. Are you running out of ideas to trigger forums?
To your credit, you started some actually good threads but now, not so much.
@Knowledge , this is not WoW. IMO WoW sucked. Yes I played it. ESO is a different kind of MMO.
Please stop comparing the 2...
Just my 2 drakes... Huzzah!!
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generalmyrick

I'd say goodbye and wish you all well. :-)

Ashtaris

Doesn’t matter what you want, ZOS would never allow it while ESO is still active, so this discussion is really irrelevant.

Knowledge

Guys, I don't see how suggesting an idea that has entire communities begging for it, in other titles, is "trolling" as you say.

The idea could be modified to simply be a revert to 1.6 or a start from a point where things were in a better place according to the community. It's not trolling, it's discussion about a relevant topic.