Well buddy,i think every one who played l2 the past decade misses the old gameplay.And it's not exactly that he "misses" it. It's that they want a server with balance,not pay to win(ofc you must have some donations but smart ones),non-corruptions,and ofc smart and active admins who knows to keep their community online number stable every single day.That's why servers close due to low online numbers,because something from the above will happen on just days away from opening or maybe hours.Plus nowadays nobody will stay farming for hours without botting because ofc we all have a real life jobs,studies,etc.and we have grown a lot since the days we played the "old" lineage.Now people would prefer a server with a working bot,since they want to gear up as quick as possible and be active and take part to competitions such as olympiad,sieges,events etc.Like you said above,i would like too join an official files clean mid-rate server,but there is not that much time to get busy with it.Plus if you are intersted to open something serious you must focus on working your server much and focus on advertise too,(you may need to pay to become more popular and more trustful to people).