Im certainly interested in the server, along with two good buddies that will start aswell.
I think this is a good time to start it, there is 0 7.7~ servers online at the moment and some people prefer this client over 7.4.
But the question is, can cip engine support the current standard that players are used to and like to have in an otserv? im talking about Task system, party share exp, few other things but those two are the most valued ones.
i will start regardless or whether or not you add those, but in my opinion for a larger playerbase these features are needed
and advertisement would have to start 1-2 weeks before, otservlist gold would be nice etc.
also a lot of people are discouraged by the fact that you have to buy pacc, so something would have to be done about that so that people can play for free, but there also needs to be something thats gonna allow you to keep hosting the server and atleast come out on 0 money wise, but i dunno what can that be.
if you can solve that problem then i think the server will be successful.