Ok to point some things out...
1. Yes the client is reused from somewhere else. Yet in all honesty EVERYONE who creates a private server is reusing a client lol.
The npcs are easy to remove so that isn't too big of a deal seeing that they don't sell a thing.
Plus IF it is that big of a deal I will make them a custom client however they want. Yea I'd do that since I am friends with one of the admins and becoming friends with the other two.
2. To point out the "I'm nub and I'm getting owned! QQ" issue.
EVERY server is like that except instant servers. Which are honestly boring as hell.
This server actually has...well imagination lol. It has a lot of unique content I've rarely seen.
The fact that they changed the lapis around adds not only a different look for some of them. Yet what I like is that you can link a toon more than one way unlike most servers.
Ele 2s, Lvl1/2, Helm Lvl1, default acc lapis are free. Which is great for starting out.
Also enchants and enchant items are free. Yet it still costs money to enchant and the rate isn't 99%
You can easily take bosses with people and pvp still. Even though you still aren't maxed out.
It all comes down to how you build your toon basically. Not with what's the best lapis.
3. Despite my comments above I still feel the server could grow. What's nice is it has the "room" on the server to grow.
As of unused mobs/bosses, maps, etc. (just used for events currently) Which is nice because it allows for expansion.
There are a lot of great ideas here and all three of the admins are very nice and open to suggestion.
4. The ONLY downsides I've seen so far are two things. Lack of players and a few visual based bugs such as descriptions and npcs in ah.
(Which I discussed with one of the admins and I understand why a bit of that can not be done currently.)
Other than that it is a very good server so far and like I said has room to grow very well.
Just some side notes:
Staff is very active. Yet people have to remember this is a world based game.
We aren't all in America or Europe. So one person not seeing an active staff at times doesn't mean they aren't.
There aren't many people on the server which it did just open. So people should come check out the server >.> at least try it.