Just to clear some things up, I've been online for almost 20h now, so I guess that I got quiet a good look on the server:
Spawnrate:
The spawnrate at lower mobs is realy not that good. Especially at Hotan area I was struggling to find good spots, it got a little better on Ice and at Yetis, however it became good only after moving to Taklamakan. Spawnrate at Takla and Roc is really good, so once you get there it's absolutely no problem. As far as I know the monster count is limited to avoid laggs.
Goldrate:
Many people were complaining about not being able to buy pots since they are running low on gold.
It is true that at lower levels you can't buy 5k potions or more, however I was always able to easily buy enough pots to bot at least 3h or more without having to worry.
The higher you get the more gold you gain, you will see that at 60+ Gold should be no bigger factor anymore.
Droprate:
I personally did not have any drop from lvl 40-47. This might be very frustrating for some of you, even if you run low on gold, however, by the time I got to Shakrams it changed drastically and I got "plenty" drops and my gold anmount increased alot.
Now I'm in Roc and drops are kind of rare, which is good in my opinion, this avoids people from NPCing stuff and keeps the economy going.
Elixirs:
Elixir droprate is really kind of low, however I personally like it very much.
I don't know about the pimp rates here but I absolutely prefer having 10 elixirs onlly over having 1000, this way people won't just get +10 in a day, +7 is something really special and you might even be happy with +5. Also there is absolutely no reason to cry about the droprates prior to reaching lvl 90 since nobody of us knows what it will be like at higher monsters and there is absolutely no need for anyone to pimp anything right now, we all still got our full +7 set.
Stones:
Stones drop really really low at lower grades, but why would you farm them when you have a full blue set anyways.
I like it, it keeps the ground clear.
Once you grind at 9d monsters you will see that the stone rate will increase to what I call, a good degree. I do have few stones every kind now, some more some less, it's way higher then the elixir rate so dont worry.
All in all I'm totally happy with the current server's setup, seems like a stable longterm project and I hope the GMs won't higher the rates because some people might start to cry. Those are the people who leave first, once they get their 85+10 weapons.
For any questions, feel free to ask.
I hope I could get rid of some rumours and spend some hope for all those stuck at the lower levels.
Keep going!
Apfelsaft