Well I have read most of your opinions guys so it's time to post mine right?
About rates : imo should be up to 5x but not up to 10x and the drop rate should be lower than 5x (that's up to the staff , I mean if it's changes to 6x , 7x etc)
About customization : Do not add any custom craps with special options as custom armors , weapons , jewels , etc.
About donations : Do not implement the donation untill the server has 2-3 months. After this time you can set a list of donations for each month that's comming. (Ex: for january 2010 : 6 S grade set's (2 robe/l2 ight/2heavy) and 6 weapons class bases).
About boting : Allow walker in order to create a buff station. (sws,bd,pp,wc,ee,se,bishop). Allow bishops on walker for the pvp.
I'll hear complains about that so NOTE : Players that have more than 1 bishops in party logged at the same time for pvp , 1 of them got jailed forever as a firrst warning. For the 2nd time both healers got jailed forever and the player get 10 d-lvls). You can level up just one buffer everytime, that means you are not allowed to run around with 5 walkers for the lvl up. The buff station should stay in a town (it's up to the staff which town). Buff stations that are out of that town got jailed.
About buff's : Set all the 2nd class buffs/dances/songs to 1 hour. Set the 3rd buffs to 5 minutes each. It's up to the stuff the time of the selfbuffs.
About items : Do not implement any shop that sells Soulshots, hp/mp potions (make them craftable). Note : do not ever allow mp potions.
About raids and epic gear : Do not set a custom respawn time for normal raids and the epic raids.
I had more ideas but I'll post them when is the right time.