Let me start off by saying Jamian, the server in general is GREAT, I'm not by any means bashing this server, I love it myself just wanting to make a couple of suggestions.
This server has so much potential, and is doing good to be honest. But there's a lot of things that come off as you just "threw together an idea" and went with it.
The new GWD2 items are just items already in-game that you've renamed and changed some stats, and that just leads to excitement then a let down to be honest.
People running around with these crazy unnecessary bright colored names and name titles is a bit much if you ask me.
The Scythe you've added it just the normal oldschool scythe that's been changed colors and the stats changed, instead of adding the Scythe Of Vitur from oldschool.
By doing these things, it's coming off as "instead of really taking the time to update my server and make it better than others, I'll just throw together some simple ideas and release that and hope the players like it"
All the items in-game are just already in-game items that've been changed around a bit, which is disappointing. The Scythe Of Vitur would be an amazing addition instead of a purple scythe from holiday event.
Another example is raids, instead of just having "raid boxes" add the real thing, take away all these custom bosses and whatnot and add the real thing. Custom servers go downhill very fast because of all the thrown off items, in-game content instead of as "easier oldschool" that everyone's looking for.
Just about anything with any type of benefits requires donating to use, that's a little much.
Fix it to where when you click to want to ONLY see one tab "public, friends, clan, etc" that it actually works, because right now it doesn't change. I'd like to be able to continue skilling and only see the clan chat. Example (when I'm thieving at rogue's den, I can't even have a conversation with the cc because the chatbox floods with the messages while thieving the safes)
Again I'm really not trying to bash the server, or give everyone a bad opinion on me, I just hate to see good servers with great potential go downhill and get taken down because the owner loses interest or loses players etc.
I ran a server of my own for a good while, so I understand that there's some things a Owner needs to hire a developer or coder to add things because you just don't have the time, or don't know so that can become costly. I understand, I had to do the same thing.
These are just some opinions, hopefully everyone can take this in the positive way instead of me just trying to bash.