P02 and Takp are both very much box servers. I haven't logged more than 10-15 hours on TAKP, so I can't comment on it too much but, for p02, most people there box. You certainly can single or two box, but it's more of the norm versus the exception. If you like boxing, it's a good place to check out. If you hate boxing, don't even bother.
P02 uses the titanium client and has some quality of life improvements like maps, guild tab, autofire for rangers, or melody for bards. Boxing is really easy to set up with Wineq. Takp's setup is a bit different with the old mac client. It definitely feels more classic, but wasn't as stable, at least in my experience. Mouse wheel zoom doesn't work, your cursor can't scroll outside of the window, and it was easy to crash your toons by doing something in windows like ctrl alt delete or accidentally tabbing to the desktop. I imagine both servers are pretty good as far as bugs go.
I've played on p02 for a long time. Around the time i made the switch from p99 to p02, I remember I was doing a WToV gear clear raid with Divinity when LTK was in window, and we were hoping to get a shot at her. Well, it was all but impossible since there were about 15 people sitting on the spawn spamming hotkeys to FTE. That raid made me realize I would never see content beyond what a casual guild can accomplish on p99, and I made the change to p02. Guilds on p02 communicate and rotate stuff and there really is more than enough content to go around.
As far as the tinfoiling goes, Amon described it a few posts further up well. The top guild on p02, Powerslave, has the dedication, numbers, and organization to clear top end Luclin content and didn't want to sit idly while other guilds wasted time wiping. Same exact crap happens on p99. It's popular to accuse PS of getting GM favoritism or GM handouts when in reality its members just spend the time to test and learn strategies to easily kill bosses. The fun of a server like p02 is the PvE, beating encounters with low numbers or non ideal compositions... how would it be fun to have GMs tank or heal?
Anyways, P02 is a great server, if you like boxing, the Luclin-PoP era, a few QoL updates, check it out. If you want a more classic feel, check out TAKP. PM me if you want to get set up on P02, I can help you out.
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