Oh, how I remember FaithRO. It was the first private server I ever played on back in 2006 and loved it. I came back to FaithRO multiple times because, just like you said, it was pretty balanced and just so much damn fun. Do you remember Carnage? The Admin? He was always cussing people out or throwing them in jail.....he was great, lol. Definitely a "No BS" type of Admin if I had to sum him up. Oh god...and the Bathory's...the many Bathory's. Hopefully you know what I'm talking about so I don't sound like a crazy person, haha.
I do miss the server like crazy though. I would still play on Faith today if it was still operational. I don't know whatever happened to Timmeh (pretty sure he was in charge of hosting it) or Carnage for that matter. Perhaps it's another one of those things, lost to the sands of time.