pink_panther
Excellent OT User
port hope was introduced in 7.6 so not really true 7.4
Violet is more about the realism of 7.4 engine and play style, not the map contents being cloned to a T.
As mentioned in the OP, Port Hope has been retrograde to be 7.4 style for borders, etc. Port Hope and Ankrahmun just add extra places to hunt. Particularly on a server with exp rates original 1x, choices of places to hunt can run out or be over occupied.
Future custom areas and content will also continue to be added in the future, in the theme and tuned to for the 7.4 play style, too.
The map is a convert of the 7.72 leaked map, merged with many many hours of tibia 7.4 cams, with some areas kept the way they were. We certainly aren't claiming the map is a perfect 7.4 replica, but everything else is
Also without expansion and customisations, at the very least to the map and quests, things can get stale.