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Sad to say, from my experience, most of the p servers, even the "true" ones and "vanilla" ones do stupid stuff like
"All jobs unlocked, starting 100 million gil, +100% movement speed for every1, x5 skillup rate, x10 exp, all mobs drop 1K gil on death!"
"Talk to this npc to unlock all the avatars instantly, talk to this npc to obtain every pup attachment"
I'm working on making a much more true server that requires work, I still havent heard if it is ok to link to darkstar stuff from here so Ill just tell you to look for "The Garden of Eden" in the list of servers on the forums. Thats my project.
I heard there was this really cool hardcore one where when you did your character is deleted. Sounded p sick.
Shout out to the best RDM of old on Bahamut server
MyEra is the best.
Truly closest to retail you can get
Search MyEra and you'll find it
150 people on at all times
No starting with 100mil or free items.
There is a legit economy.
You earn you way
There are also very cool benefits like moogles that warp you places and all OP warps unlocked but nothing game breaking at all
4x exp for standard play
There is also a retail mode for standard exp with perks that you cant get if you play standard (same world. Just two play styles for variation)
There is a ticket system for problems
The gms care
Its not for profit
The website databases make the experience amazing. Can access auction house sales from phone for instance.
Its the best. Ive done my research.
I've been playing on nasomi. 75 cap and no content after aht urghan, no boosts or bonuses or anything extra it's like playing xi during retail CoP times.