This is the best server out there for sure, i was retired for about 5 years, 2 of my friends were retired from SRO since 2006 or so, they come back and are addict to this server aswell as i am because of all the old school-classic aura it has, its great and balanced in so many things:
-Trade system.
-Drops.
-Events, theres a lot of them, you can earn XP, SP, silk and some other cool rewards.
-Uniques are actually worth hunting since they drop alchemy stones and decent gold, i have played sro all over since 2006 both in private sros and official ones, i can tell for sure that i always hated unique hunting, but here on Xian its pretty dynamic and fun actually.
I can tell everyone for sure that you wont regreat joining this server!