@stme1I played both Restart and PHRO - Specifically PHRO. After experiencing trash customer support that doesn't even know what "AHK" means, blamed the international players for the lag, 5+ hours downtime for server maintenance to only have 2 lines in changelog that only indicates new headgear update in cash shop, I had enough of it.
So, I myself originally planned to create a "revo-classic" private server soon (or at least 80-90% duplicate) to compete against these big servers. But as I go deeper with my revo-classic study, just like
@yC mentioned, I came to a conclusion that revoclassic server is best run by official servers. For one, their system is imbalanced. Second, they focus on features for profit gain rather than to improve overall gameplay, server stability or competition. Third, I found out that they have hidden script changes and make particular classes OP (some nerved). For instance, they made Knights more OP as if they promote solo gameplay and that new players will be "forced" to create a swordy/knight end-game while nerfing dps/matk for wiz. I couldn't think of anything else other than the fact that knight classes uses more hp/sp potions than the DPS wizards. Then it boils down to the usage of "ESB" (back then was still available in their CASH SHOP) for knights. The more knights who will keep on using ESB's, the more purchases in their cash shop. What's more shocking is that they removed ESB in thailandRO due to the bad economic impact of ESB's and yet they still released it in PHRO anyway.
In reality, most features of revo-classic revolves to business and marketing. They are too focused to make money and that profit matters than anything else. After all, they have to pay that Gravity License right?
Some Admin out there might be able to give revoclassic a try, but nobody can really 100% duplicate a revo-classic for now. It's just not gonna happen as there are higher ups in the management that will force specific features for financial gain. Unlike the old official RO servers, we had an awesome timeline of every Episode Update. PHRO, iRO's Re:Start and thailandRO pretty much removed that awesome feature. They decided that "We will update any sht whatever we want whenever we want." ie. The supposedly 6-month release of 2-2 Classes in PHRO, will apparently be released 3months early due to population drop. Meaning, they dont have a proper timeline of updates.
As a private server who wanna re-create a "revoclassic" setting, How would you know which "official server" to follow? PHRO, ThailandRO and Re:Start are all "revoclassic" but each server is different on its own. Everything revolves to business and profit gain. Every update will depend on the current situation of the server.
T.TL;DRWith that being said, I halted my plans to duplicate a pserver with revo-classic settings. Instead, I will be launching a "Hybrid" Pserver Setting soon. I will be implementing the best features of official "revoclassic" servers while sticking to the solid features of Pre-Renewal server. Most of the things you mentioned will be catered on my server (ie. Progressive Server). If you want to give my server a try, then you can follow my project. Here's my server forum link:
https://forum.cgamershub.com/If you still prefer a Revo Classic server, you can ignore my post. Wish you all the best! I hope you find one soon.
