Pristine realms live now.

[Pua]

Yep, they are.

Here's how you access them:

1) Roll a character on a well populated server.
2) Create a guild.
3) Advertise your guild to get players interested in a pristine server.
4) Play the game with no heirlooms, don't use LFD and don't group with people who aren't in your guild.

Done, and done.

For those playing pristine servers, let me know how you get on.

[RoKPaNda]

haha nice.

Yeah Blizzard knows that pristine servers are an absolute garbage idea, we'll have legacy servers announced by Blizzcon I'm sure.

[Sunnydee]

You seem to have so much salt, can i have some for my fries?

[Anias]

Is there a difference between a legacy server and a pristine server? Or are those two terms interchangeable?

[Pua]

Is there a difference between a legacy server and a pristine server? Or are those two terms interchangeable?

Yes.

Legacy servers are prior versions of the game (vanilla especially); pristine servers are versions of the live game where experience boosts, cross-realming and LFD are switched off.

[Deleted]

Is there a difference between a legacy server and a pristine server? Or are those two terms interchangeable?

Pristine server is just one without any form of boosts available, like heirlooms, Raf etc etc and no group finder. Legacy server is one stuck on a previous xpac.

I dont know why people are so bigged up about either idea. Legacy servers were not popular because they were on vanilla (go check the forums of some private servers running previous xpacs and see how many are moaning to have the latest dungeons from live in), it's because they are free. It's that simple.

[Anias]

Ok. Thanks for telling me that.

[Kazgrel]

Yep, they are.

Here's how you access them:

1) Roll a character on a well populated server.
2) Create a guild.
3) Advertise your guild to get players interested in a pristine server.
4) Play the game with no heirlooms, don't use LFD and don't group with people who aren't in your guild.

Done, and done.

For those playing pristine servers, let me know how you get on.

The sad part is a post like this is needed to get that point across to some people.

[Pua]

The sad part is a post like this is needed to get that point across to some people.

I'm waiting on the first argument as to how what I've suggested isn't a pristine realm.

[Amerissis]

Yeah, definitely the same as a whole realm bound by the same rules and without character transfers... Will give a lot of realm community, that one guild with a few dozen members

[Kazgrel]

I'm waiting on the first argument as to how what I've suggested isn't a pristine realm.

Perhaps if Blizz elaborated more on the "pristine realm" concept, providing more details and such, but at this point we're going by what was posted ver batim from yesterday or whenever, sooo...

Or someone could just barge in here all like "that's not a pristine realm! Here's what I think it is/should be", which would be par for the course of this forum...nay, the internet.

[Deleted]

With the amount of people whining about heirlooms and lfg, you'd expect everyone not to use lfg or heirlooms, but people are anyway. What the hell?

[Deleted]

Yep, they are.

Here's how you access them:

1) Roll a character on a well populated server.
2) Create a guild.
3) Advertise your guild to get players interested in a pristine server.
4) Play the game with no heirlooms, don't use LFD and don't group with people who aren't in your guild.

Done, and done.

For those playing pristine servers, let me know how you get on.

you could but it kinda feels pointless if noone else is going by the same rules

[Deleted]

The whole point of pristine server is that you're not the only one not to use LFD, heirlooms, etc
If everyone on a server play that way, the chances you have to encounter other people playing like you is increased. And that is also true for the opposite faction which means it would also increase your chances to encounter the opposite faction (at the entrance of dungeons, for exemple)

[Echo of Soul]

Yep, they are.

Here's how you access them:

1) Roll a character on a well populated server.
2) Create a guild.
3) Advertise your guild to get players interested in a pristine server.
4) Play the game with no heirlooms, don't use LFD and don't group with people who aren't in your guild.

Done, and done.

For those playing pristine servers, let me know how you get on.

Okay, how do you turn off CRZ?

[Deleted]

Pristine server is just one without any form of boosts available, like heirlooms, Raf etc etc and no group finder. Legacy server is one stuck on a previous xpac.

I dont know why people are so bigged up about either idea. Legacy servers were not popular because they were on vanilla (go check the forums of some private servers running previous xpacs and see how many are moaning to have the latest dungeons from live in), it's because they are free. It's that simple.

So basicly "Pristince Realms" have all the quality of live tools removed?!
And yeah, noone can really tell how many people would actually pay for legacy servers.

Okay, how do you turn off CRZ?

You play on a server with a different time zone than yours so you can play when most of the other players are sleeping. This way you can ejoy the loneliness of the great outdoors.
So for NA that works with EU servers.

[Rixis]

I'm waiting on the first argument as to how what I've suggested isn't a pristine realm.

One would assume they would also be reverting the various EXP nerfs each expansion has introduced. There wasn't just the "give them extra exp" methods that sped it up.

There's also no way of disabling CRZ.

[Teippi]

1. Achieving gameplay challenge by handicapping yourself is not the same.

2. You are just going to get steamrolled by the opposite faction players who do use heirloom items.

3. Even without heirlooms the leveling content is WAY too easy.

[Darsithis]

Don't troll the forum with a clickbait title.