I just wanted to give my opinions about this server.
Staff has been bad at informing players on what is going on with all the crashes. But now they're more active and the server has not crashed in 12 hours and the server seems stable.
Gold drop is high, this makes it easier in the lower levels, your main income will still come from items in higher levels so it doesn't unbalance things in a bad way
damage is high, I play a paladin atm and I do heavy damage with both distance and gfb. In my opinion it's too high but I would take this damage formula over the one at tibianic. Playing is supposed to be difficult in a fun way (high damage from players means hunting stronger monsters which is more dangerous and more rewarding, fun). On other servers (lets say tibianic) you do really low damage and have to hunt crap monsters which makes the gameplay much easier and more boring to exp.
What happend between Oldtimes and Khaldtor also brings negative light to this server. But truth be told? There are no other options (servers) out there right now and even if this server is a bit more custom (regarding damage, gold drop) this server actually feels like how I remember oldschool tibia to be a long time ago. I haven't had that feeling on any other server. Perhaps it's due to the fact that it's fun to hunt (even on lvl 15) on this server and the graphics, ofcourse.