topaz VS azerothcore-wotlk

Check this out https://github.com/LandSandBoat/server

DarkStar has been discontinued for a long time now. The current active development is happening on a new fork 'LandSandBoat' here: https://github.com/LandSandBoat/server

Have fun playing on Horizon, and if you aren't, you can join one of the others or spin up your own server! It's never been easier: https://github.com/LandSandBoat/server/wiki/Quick-Start-Guide

Basic logic on the size of the private server community within the XI community itself? The fact that it fits their hype machine and is not difficult to do? That dummy accounts are already available for PSs?

DarkStar is long discontinued. The latest server fork is LSB: https://github.com/LandSandBoat/server

- Check out the technical guides: https://github.com/LandSandBoat/server/wiki/Development

Azerothcore - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King server emulation. C++

Cool, I didn't realize Runescape private servers were a thing still.

I contribute to AzerothCore[0] pretty regularly. There's a lot of improvements that could be made, but it's overall fun and the majority of people who frequent their Discord are friendly enough.

[0] https://github.com/azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk

Since Blizzard closed WoW in China, I found https://www.azerothcore.org/. They have a simple docker setup tutorial. I’ve been playing for a month and it’s been very interesting because they only support the English client. I’ve also learned a lot of English and currently feel great exploring the whole world alone.

Azerothcore is what Chromiecraft runs on. I recommend joining AC discord, lots of nice people there, great place if you want to learn/improve coding.

I don't have any experience with running a server, but maybe AzerothCore could be an option? From what I can tell it is actively being worked on with the help of ChromieCraft.