Despite the fact you are trying to couch the blow I'll go ahead and say it...
That's not classic.
There are plenty of other options to choose from if you want to play someones vision of the game and how it could be improved. This is all about duplicating the experience many of us had back in 1999-2001 EQ era. That includes the good and the bad. The bad is honestly more important because it preserves the integrity of the server. It also makes it satisfying when good things happen.
I haven't been on the server long but I've been pretty active reading the forums to help integrate myself with the community. One thing I've noticed is there seems to be a decent amount of people who post and also who I've grouped with in-game who are here just because it is the most populated emulated server. Just the name of the server should be a pretty clear indication what they're trying to do here.
A lot of the non classic things you mentioned are of the technical nature. These are obstacles that have yet to be overcome, not conscious decisions. As for the item issues, while I agree that definitely puts those items on a short list of perma camped items, there is no reasonable way to deal with it other than the way it has been done. Perfection will never be achieved, but it is always the goal.
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