The opportunity to regroup arose following the departures of Chris Broderick and Shawn Drover in 2014. Ellefson told fans at the Comicpalooza comic convention (via Blabbermouth): "Dave was completely receptive to any and all options - probably more than I've ever seen. So he definitely should not ever be painted as a bad guy that the lineup reunion did not happen.

"I said, 'Before we do anything let's get in a room with Nick,' which we did. We had a lot of laughs and it was fun. But Dave and I weren't convinced that it was the next chapter of Megadeth."