Krusty,
First of all thanks for posting on our thread.
It's ok if you do not trust this as a good server, I'll make some points clear if you don't mind.
A good game needs balance, and yes the main reason why we didn't implement the spells is for that reazon, we cannot be unprofessional and pretend to dominate every aspect on balancing. That is why we DO HAVE custom spells, but for monsters.
Saying that we use balancing as an excuse is nonsense because we have enough knowledge to make spells much better than most of those I've seen in this community, We will just not implement something just because we're arrogant enough to put it anywhere.
Making a custom server and using all it's "potential" will always cause chaos, we take balancing very seriously, we will not add SUPE_UBER_MAGIC_TELEPORTEVERYWHERE items just because we know how to do it.
So, with no intention of making this a flame war, I recommend you to play our server when it's online and then give us the appropiate feedback. We will be happy to have you and everyone else enjoying the world on which we've worked so hard!
Cheers.
@Vedesole: Yeah hope he comes back soon