I have choosen to adjust some of the features of l2pride since this was mine and my Admin team's previous server and from there I took the base structure's idea. Of course I stolen their database ? Who says that ? a/w..
I have added my own features on L2WarGate though such as new skills, new armors, different farming style, mini events system and generally many updated stuff which you will not find in any other gracia final server. So, yes I could say that L2WG is an updated version of pride and I have the power to do anything if I like the idea.
As about population part we begun with 180 people on and such all the custom servers it got falling and falling but even so after 2 years of online server and 6 last six months after the past wipe the server still remains to be online.
Balance, well I had some issues with the balance in the very beginning but after 2 months I figured it out as SweetyDance said. For instance, with newbie items the worst damage a top stuffed player will deal to you is not more than 4.5k and that if you don't know how to defend yourself with the appropriate setup, items & buffs mainly. While the same time on pride someone deals you 20k dmg or more even if you wear the same top setup with your opponent so guess that it's not the balance the fault.
To sum up, I would like to mention that the server will not stay like that even if I don't have enough time to work during my university studies I have many plans,ideas and promises to fullfil and after 3 years of pure coding with over 500 codes committed on our private svn, a lot of client work I'm not willing to give it up as most of the people do with their servers. For any other servers like revolution,goal,canyon,brave,finest I simply don't care. I don't care for the others I look my business and I would never advertise my server to them as they did with me.
Regards,