Well I never thought I'd see a decently populated no bot server but here we are...
I have about 15-20 hours game time on this server so I wanted to do a little review for those who are looking to join and to make some suggestions for the GMs.
So the server is mostly latino, especially later at night when all the euros log off. That's fine they're pretty nice people for the most part. The only problem is that everyone speaks Spanish as the default language in the server instead of English. At night all globals become Spanish, everyone in party, even GMs start speaking Spanish and I can't even copy+paste into google translate because no sbot haha. I think it would help the servers if GMs, instead of just asking people to use English on globals, followed their own example. I won an event yesterday (I got carried by my party to kill a unique lol) and got teleported to the GM room and the GM was asking us to line up for a screenshot and saying some other stuff but I had no idea what he was saying because it was all in Spanish. You want other people to speak English but you're not using English yourself? Anyway, a more international community would be awesome for English speaking players like myself (for those looking to join don't be intimidated by the Spanish speakers, there are lots of English speakers, they're just more quiet).
The Chn balance system is controversial so I wanted to comment on it as well, even though it still needs time to be tested. I really like the way the skills are, gives Chinese characters a lot more options and adds more of a skill cap with more available skills to use. The Phy/Mag damage and absorption increase is just too much in my opinion. Making Chinese do 15% damage AND take 15% less damage is pretty broken, giving them a 30% total stat advantage (not to mention Chinese have way higher stats already from passive/active buffs). Personally I think it should be decreased to 10% immediately and then balanced appropriately later on (probably between 5-10%) as well as add balance between Chn characters. Increase damage on Bicheon and Pacheon skills because Heuksal is way too strong. This is coming from a spear player btw.
Another fault this server has is that pretty much everyone is running around in full NPC gear. So the exp rate is 3x and the drop rate is 1x. That means we get 1/3th of the drops we would get on iSro per level (and if you only grind ticket then its 1/6th...). I understand you guys want to make this game grindy and "long-term" but it's so annoying grinding in full npc gear and I can't imagine how frustrating it will be when I'm level 80 and still in 64-69 gear lol. I think drop rates should be about 1.5/2x.
Last two things that annoyed me a little bit was the lag. Switching weapons or using skills takes a bit longer than I would like, I hope they are able to improve that or pvp and fortress war will be annoying. The last thing is the silk prices, 10$ for a prem, lol idk if I want to pay $10/month for silkroad. I'll most likely buy a for prem now and if the server heads in the right direction I'll support the devs for their work.
Anyway, despite those things, I'm still having a lot of fun on the server. It's nice being in 8/8 parties with everyone hand grinding and unique parties etc., even if I can't understand what anyone is saying haha (at night, less of a problem during European times). This is way better than any of the servers with 2k people at the start and 300 1 month later, I just hope people keep joining and having fun. And one last suggestion to the GMs for the future, once the server is out for a bit (or when you increase caps) you should also increase the rates a little bit to make it easier for new players to catch up. Anyway, to anyone who loves playing with other people and grinding in parties, I highly recommend you join this server.