Hey, i'd like to note that i am amazed by the activity on the forum seeing as it's a private server, although i have a few questions.
Is it P2W? Donate to get points and buy stuff to enchant stuff to higher tiers?
Or can it all be done for free without much hassle and be as powerful as donating players?
From what i see donating can only get you [Damascene Ore] and [Rapture Crystal], are they hard to get/important in late game?
I just don't want to play a P2W game, otherwise what's the point of a private server when it can be the same on the Original server with better content and whatnot.
No it's not P2W. If you pay you get your shit faster that's about it. Otherwise you can reach end game gears in around a month(more or less) depending on how many hours of the day you play, how you play and your luck.
Getting basic, or average gear to give you the chance to participate in pvp and ofc. pve is relatively easy. However, due to RnG nature of end game gear it's hard for everyone to get the stats they want. You'll have to re-roll your gear stats with resources you gain from farming or cash up to save a bit of time.
There are no exclusive stats. gears or boosts for people that cash up in game. Very few have those over the top perfect stats anyways and even then it doesn't help them much in mass pk when you get AA-d hard by everyone.
Long story short, it's not P2W. If luck is in your hands you may very well have better stats on your end game gear from farming for few days than someone who cashed up hundreds or even thousands of dollars over a month. All depends on your faith in RnGesus, pray hard and play well.