That server is fun if your trying to have fun instead of be overly competitive.
yea the GM will make stuff for people but thats not for only his friends, he will do that for anyone that wants to have some fun, proof is he helped me and im not in molly hachet and i didnt know him before hand.
give the guy a break, the items are NOT op and the ashtals + scion dont even work right now (adds +3 dmg) and there is already a attk lvl 3 stone in the game. Also the 500m gold there is nothing to even buy with that lol, so its useless kinda (only refining augmented ice top take 50m but so what, gold isnt a problem for anyone in overkill)
Also i can say that ashtaal and scion ARE for everyone to drop if you know where to go...scions fall inside dungeons, i got ashtaals from opening ballon then opening gamblers box (orge village i got this twice)
so tbh this is a situation were people shouldnt be saying bad things about the server when its purely speculation!
my advice is give it a try yourself and have some fun n chill out