Not much to say really, it is what it is. I gave it a go when you announced there would be no wipe. I'm no expert on official by any stretch of the imagination so i'll take your word on it.
Played for a couple of days, its a pretty chill atmosphere, plenty of quests to keep busy etc. The only real downside i would say is the lack of players. Avg 5-7 from the times i played.
Things(bosses) are hard! I get the feeling it is mostly meant to be group orientated, which is fine, but when my playtime is usually pretty weird hours (2-5am) there simply isnt the usercount to accomodate 24h 'playing' i forsee that being an issue for me.
I have my concerns about the Easter event implications. I mean you now have a select few people running around with para/clear/Heaven armour etc. Wth no dura loss (don't recall losing a single dura in my 26 levels) these are game-changers, para especially.
I'm not really following the whole 2 server setup your aiming for, if the only difference will be Phoenix gets used to test patches first. I simply don't think you have the potential playerbase. New players won't join a year old 'test' server and spend months leveling when there is a fresh one running the same files. This is whats itching me the most really, atm it feels like it would be a wasted investment.
All in all, if you want a long term server to log on and kill stuff, this seems fine. I just don't feel like it is for me.
Best of luck.
Edit: Ill log on at some point and return Spart's gear. I'm sure someone else can make use of it.