Still as a developer i see 99% client fancy icons like the sh*ty pride which had 2.500 armors and i'm sure the java is nothing special.
I prefer a server with no client editing and full java side that will impress me with a cute feature or an engine or so.
Example, you want make a faction server. Such a thing already exist. So what u do, u make a faction server but you adjust the engine to something creative.
Maybe each faction has a queen that players vote to add or its random every week. Or idk.. thats java side. No fancy icons and dresses