I am playing here about a week. I played on many many servers with various rates (3/3/2 -> 1k/1k/500). Just wanna tell U about some must-have's which mid rate server should have. Basically such big rate as it's here got only one purpose, to make lvling easier, playing easier. So imo many things that making it easier r missing.
1. Upgrading eq- it should be changed. After 20th overupgraded wool i've had enough of spamming enter. It should b simplified. I.e. U r choosing eq to upgrade, npc asks U if u wanna refine it to safe lvl or upgrade higher, u r choosing a number (+8 for ex.) and upgrade goes instantly or one up goes with one enter. Sumtin like that.
2. Making elu/ori from rough's- NPC should give U an option to purify 5/25/50 stones at once, after an hour on stala golems i got ~600 of rough elunium. Just trying not to look at it thinking how it's gonna b... o.O
3. Item/box drop from cards- i think it's x1. I killed 'bout 1k mobs with myst case in my headgear, had 3 gift boxes only. With rate so high it's should b x2 i think (comparing it to x10 intim. lvl for homs [ i'm not sure if it's x10, just saw it somewhere on forum just for a moment -> O M G it's way to high~!~!~! Should b 4 MAX! I've never seen it so high o.O])
That's all what I remembered. Gonna add more later if U don't mind. And new locations would be nice to see (Manuk/Splendide fields). I played on basicRO previously and there were loads of great ideas which would make Amistr more interesting for players, they had great HUD (i.e. separated window to configure Ur BM, a little window with two shortcuts for items U don't use very often but r needed, kafra storage divided to sections for ammo/usable/weapons etc.), great menu includint this BM configuration, emots conf. etc. It looked awesome. I've played RO since 2004 or so or so and i've never seen better solution for interface!
I am completly newbie in eAthena programming/scripting so I can't help U out but i hope it's possible to put some changes in and it wont be a big problem : )
Cheers!
