A fresh Era server with no addons allowed?
Seems like it’d be fun style playing the old WoW sort of like it was intended before. Buncha people like chickens with head cut off not knowing where to go because no questie, etc so they explore more. Could see it be more social in game asking for help/grouping etc. No DBM in raids would be disastriously hilarious but a good time. Purely for fun. Maybe even more new user friendly cause they don’t have to install 20 addons and can ask in game for help.
Just seems like it’d be some original fun. More immersive to the world… of warcraft?
Or am I just a minority and want a pipe dream 
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While I’m not sure how this would be enforced, I think it might be somewhat interesting and would likely at least give it a try.
It could be fun, but some addons exist to help with accessibility for us disabled gamers, or even accessibility for certain non-disability related things. I know accessibility in WoW is often tied to ‘‘make the game easier’’, but a lot of these addons do things like, remove screen blur/effects, reduce visual clutter, help with motion sickness, allow you to customise audio clutter etc.
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Ah true didn’t even consider that. Would be nice if they implemented accommodations for that without requiring addons like ingame settings or something but that may be too much to ask for sadly…
Some of them have been introduced into the game over time thankfully, and some can be changed with console commands, but people tend to look up addons before console commands.
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I guess I would first ask what about addons is impacting the vanilla experience?
I suppose mainly Questie/rested, DBM, threat/damage meter, omnibar/cd trackers, classic cast bars, uhh just naming main ones top of my head while on break. Definitely some others.
Just a game where WoW is at its most vanilla and pure I guess if that makes sense. Play the game for its originality. And I know addons were around in 03/04 but i don’t think they were as heavily relied on as they are today.
For you maybe that’s the vanilla experience… but not for others.
When I played in 2005 I had addons like damage meters, Natur Enemy Cast Bar (necb), decursive, etc. A lot of people did rely on them. Questie wasn’t a thing, but people just alt-tabbed to thottbot.
Ordinarily I would agree with this. I much prefer asking people and having conversations, but more times than not the response will be “never heard of google?”.
I’d like to see fresh ERA where:
- GDKPs are monitored, not banned
- Guilds gate keeping or abusing new players, actioned
- Boosting ads in LFG actioned, but boosting is allowed(remove spam)
- Increased gold syncs(Repairs, quest gold requirements, respec costs, auction tax)
- Increased gathering node spawn times and amount(similar or more than SoM)
- Longer phasing (4-6 months between phases)
- 4 Realms, 2 PVE and 1 PvP, 1 RPvP no transfers between etc.
After phases finish and it’s 6 months old on naxx, leave the realms alone, no connection to the other clusters or realms in any capacity. They will be the true ERA Museum servers.