1. It was no offense against your server.
2. Global already got their own bots or got money from the bot users, otherwise i cannot understand how such bot armee can run around non stop.
3. ofc many stuffs on official are **** as you wrote.
4. I also whould rethink this selfmade buff concept, seems some p.server owner share the same files currently and are to lazy to change buffs based on real ep10-18 buffs (******, mortal bane, aod and so on) instead of using just the files with selfmade buffs like fb got a ****** buff?fa a attack/def buff? bl attack/def/rate buff and so on.
5. This selfmade buffs are on few other server currently and was on many server in the past, i see not really something special on your server.
6. Doing now again a low rate server, while in the past there was also no high population and many guys disliked it, makes not really sense for me at all. Seems you guys doesnt learned much, same as global
7. You should also not forget why ppl quited global and started to play a private server. Ofc not to have the same low rates than official cabal.
8. You can prrof yourself that ppl dont like low rate servers, just check the ranks on xtremetop side all first ranks are high rate server with 200+ ppl online, dragon cabal for example is just a few weeks out and got 200+ online.
Ofc high rate server are ****, i dont like them too. But you can see how ppl think and what they prefer to play. So its more and more important to find the right path between medium rates with some contents of low rate and some of high rate.
9. But i wish you all the best with your low rate concept, maybe more ppl will prefer low rate server in the future.
i love it
soon global will also make their own bots + archridium drop on nipperlugs, free amp scrolls and employ chinese people to play for you for 5 euros a week, so you would not need to do anything, just wait for a week to get max because desperation in there is real. ESTSoft can barely handle the failure of Cabal 2 and constant negativity of leveling updates for your char: I mean overlord, Level your AP beyond Epicness, skill for overskill, level your pet for extra 100 slots. 
