Kicked the server's tires last night, got into light armour and at this level it is pretty well like playing default crystal files with NPCs clustered around SZ (good idea) and getting barbarian ring to start out with. As barbarian you get 'Defy death' buff but I have no idea how it works. Some mobs got me down to a sliver of hp and I would expect to die if I didn't gulp a pot.
Can't beta test except by contributing to server load LOL, all I can tell, drops are very tight, gold seems to go straight to your bag but it trickles in so rarely, it is not noticeable. Same as pots, those drop so rarely you don't even feel they supplement your bought supply. Luckily can harvest chestnuts.
Light armour lev11 drops OK, would expect everybody have it before reaching that level, but I am still lacking even lev3 jewelry while in light armour, but I got some mid teen levels jewelry I can't wear yet. I got one skill book dropped and it is missing level req, maybe not needed? You just try to use it and see? But book seller specifies the usual standard levels.
I got dropped wooden sword and after a while I noticed in chat that 'item has been unlocked for transmogrification' but since I had two wooden sticks in my bag, I couldn't tell which one was unlocked, no way to tell. BTW if I get the idea of this transmogrification right, it means you can make your wooden stick look like mace or great axe but you need to pay gg? Who's going to beta test putting in rl money? Anyway, if it is like I just said (never mind you pay g or gg), I don't see it as a good idea as all it will do is discourage you to progress in game when others (those who pay) look to be high levels, never mind in appearance only.
There is one annoying thing I believe one other server in my memory suffered from - you kill a mob and you need to make few steps first (with left mouse click) before you can run.
Also, made a trip to Snake Valley on foot, never mind the first snake I ran into was Serpant Lord LOL but in the village I clicked on 'Crafting village portal' (expecting crafting window to open, missed the meaning of 'portal') and got teleported to empty crafting map and to get back to SV I had to use one of my two TTs, else I would end up in BW if used @bp
Also, was hoping to get slaying skill book on my own but as usual, no such luck, already lev12