Originally Posted by
styil
J Allen Brack has thrown around the idea of 'Pristine Realms'. But before committing great resources to the project, why not experiment with the idea on a smaller scale first? Introduce one level 110 'pristine zone'.
A pristine zone is a more difficult version of the base zone. For example, Pristine Suramar is the more difficult version of Suramar (essentially the "heroic" version of the zone). Players can access this prstine version by right clicking their character portrait. Pristine progression is different to normal progression, so players would start from scratch in Pristine Suramar.
1. No instanced gear - only gear obtained from the outside world can be used (no raid/bg/dungeon/arena gear: they will all be scaled down to level 109 gear)
2. Tremendously difficult monsters
3. Greater rewards
4. No CRZ/group finder - however players who select the pristine zone option will be phased together.
5. Additional environmental obstacles (e.g. rain, tornadoes, etc.)
6. Additional challenges
Would anyone be interested in trying out a Pristine version of Suramar?