Personally, I think it would do the situation justice if we as a community would heed what offer
@Kainzo has set on the table. He's asked, countless times, and suggested creating a separate thread, to host the "server of your dreams" on our own hardware, with the rulesets YOU GUYS propose, to give you guys a place to play on and enjoy. From what I can read, it's a constant stream of either "restory the glory days!' or otherwise unhelpful banter that further establishes what value you had (or didn't have) to the community, to the grand scheme of things, and to the staff you blatantly disrespect.
Criticism is valued. Child's play is not. Why certain people still circulate around this thread who display strong mindsets aligned against Herocraft ever succeeding again like it did in its prime baffles me. Either behave, cooperate, assist and help restore Herocraft to its former glory under a new set of content, or get out.
I'm going to align the topic of this discussion RESTRICTIVELY to that of a new server being opened, the one delivered as was mentioned "on a silver platter." Any negligence to keeping on the topic of discussion, and I will be locking this thread down and/or banning users.
With that out of the way - what do YOU guys want from a server? What rulesets do you want enforced, what type of environment would appease you? "Just like Bastion" is a piss poor answer.