I miss all kinds of smaller features that go long ways towards variety and which used to be stock on other servers, like harvesting from various mobs, mass dropping mobs (I think PI spiders don't mass drop at all?), connecting paths gone from BC, ditto for MC, shops next to useless especially once you level a little and TM very much discouraging trade of lower cost items (and rares will be traded here on forums anyway), I don't play much lately but is casino in game? I found respawns on ST 1F gerared towards grps, not for solo play especially at lower levels, like 30-33 when I could solo there if it wasn't for uber respawns, no idea how it is on lower levels there.
The server strikes me as too austere, like it is geared towards ubergeeks that powerlevel to 45+ without caring much for game play enjoyment.