If people haven't played it yet, I would recommend it, especially if you like Final Fantasy music.
I think the big thing I was 'let down' on was the excitement to go to the Gold Saucer to find nothing was there
Perhaps add daily challenges in there with gold entry or what have you
Some Ideas
> A zone by zone, collect the key in 5 minutes (rng from a mob) get it go to next stage - mobs get harder, you either take your reward or risk it to get the next stage rewards
> Boss "BattleGround" - Do a Sub Boss / Low Boss / High Boss variants - make them all BOSSNAME00 - so you can make their drops worse - since they are easier to get too
I would potentially also add in some more dynamic quests so collect items, speak to people, (also use FLAG quests for finding objects n the like)
Would recommend the server, a few additions could really pack a punch to your UC in a good way
If you want a hand with some ideas / additions just let me know and I can ping stuff over to you