Very pleased with this server. I first joined roughly a month ago with a semi-active community. The most I have seen online personally was around 105 players including merchants in Prontera. The players are a mix between the server language as well as a few others from out of North America. Rates are 150x/50x with an increased EXP and Drop rate for the Valentines holidays.
Stability: 9/10With this, I mostly blame the host for the downtime. Or the Admins are actively trying to improve the server. The down time is very rare now, but about a couple weeks ago host was crashing frequently. Now it seems to be lag free, except for my slow internet connection. When there are more than 80 players on and we are all doing BG I do experience some lag effects, but it's never more than a 2 second lag over a course of 5 minutes. Minimal at best.
Class Balance & WOE: 7/10 It seems that there are a lot of Asura champs with bolt sinx's for a one hit kill for most of the players. It would be nice to see more variety on the server, but it is easy enough to make a new character, and gear it. Please more Whitesmiths, they still own as a Main char. As far as I know people haven't obtained any MVP cards. The thing with WoE is that there are two main guilds with some little guilds trying to help ease off the fight. I suspect if more people were to join with friends this would change very fast. There are also an SE and FE woe. The Woe times are a bit horrible at the moment, but I am sure that will be changed eventually.
Economy: 8/10The Economy has actually improved with the new Event GM and some of the new players we are getting. Most of the people in Prontera vending were the same, now we have a variety of shops. People still are straying using zeny and using another source of currency, either Poring Coins which you can obtain from events or the shop they provided in the control panel, OR badges you can get from BG that have different flavored items which are good for my tastes.
Game Masters: 9/10Admin hardly appears, and when he does he is quiet, but if you ask a question to him he does answer back. One of the other Head Game masters is probably the most friendly and active. He is frequently on to address issues. A support GM we have on the server is mute happy, but I blame the players in town for not reading the rules that only English needs to be spoken. The Support GM is very knowledgeable as well as a sweet person. We have a new Event GM that does daily events, at least tries to do events that are fun for the whole public and not just hide and seek every time. The Event GM seems semi-naive to what she is doing, I do have hope for her though because the last couple events have been great and looking for what else she has to offer.
Server: 10/10There is a hat NPC that makes any hat ever. It is wonderful because I am trying to collect ALL THE HATS! There is one even for a card trader for crap cards to Poring Coins. There is even a Poring Coin shop to trade in your PC for pretty nice items that come from the actual cash shop. It makes it nice so we don't have to donate to the server and just obtain them from Events or hunting them ourselves. I do wish there are more customization hairstyles. There is also a Guild Pack on the server with a 5+, 10+ and a 20+. This a GREAT opportunity to get amazing items when you are first joining.
Overall, I am happy with this server. I am going to make this a permanent server of mine and I am also happy to be apart of a friendly community who don't treat each other like crap.
