Great low rate server! The class rebalance renews the game experience, making it much more fun to play different builds. Many skills got different effects, like assassin's Poison React which gives sustain for the class. I really like these changes, makes me want to try many builds!

The server has friendly international community. Classes are rebalanced to allow wide variety of viable build. Class changes are hugely influenced by player feedback and usually undergo extensive testing before making it into live server. Custom dungeons are well make and some of them feel more finished than the base game content. If you play here, check out ashes and undertombs dungeons. Server holds seasonal events for cosmetic rewards, which last long enough for no one to miss the opportunity

A classic experience reimagined. Do not let the lack of transcendent classes demotivate you from joining the server. Payon Stories is pretty much unique in the way the admin team has made sensible changes to the base classes that finally make a lot of builds more viable and fun to play, without straying too far from the original class design. From trying out different builds to the seasonal events and custom dungeons, you will have a lot to keep you entertained in this friendly community.

I've been playing purist low rate servers for 20 years, never touched foot on servers with even the slightest custom content, and yet I'm loving every moment on PS. It is extremely custom but so well done, capturing the essence of good classic RO and elevating it to another level. This is a special server that deserves a chance. You will not regret it.

This review is based on my gameplay experience. The server offers enganing content with GMs dedicated to improving gameplay, but lacks the promised low-rate experience due to a focus on fast leveling and farming in static parties. Community interaction is lacking, with player prioritizing efficiency over camaraderie. Enjoyable quests stand out, but MVP encounters are often ruined by repetitive tactics (monks using Asura Strike). Join with friends for a better experience.

I play for more than 6 months now and and still love the server. The server has balancing changes with the classic feeling in mind and is done in tandem with the community. All classes are viable and have multiple builds while still retaining the the pre renewal vibe that we all love. Experience from monsters is also rebalanced so you have more viable farming locations. Exp rates are more like x2 or x3 There are also no donations and therefore absolutly no P2W. Very friendly staff can reccomend

The RO server that you can settle forever. Close to vanilla with re-balance and original contents. A server that will never be a pay-to-win. No cash shop and no cash advantage in anyway. The great thing is the admins. They are always updating the game based on the players opinion. Always active in Discord.

This is how RO should be, there are many custom item custom map custom monster and making a lot of classes or build that are weak become viable. game is balance, the gm take care of classes that are weak and making them more playable give it a try, if u are a classic RO fan i'm sure u will like it.

Been playing this server last year pretty heavily, took a break of RO and came back again. It is the best RO Server i've played in the last 10+ years. No p2w, no donations, great balancing, great class-reworks, great QoL changes. Payon Stories will make me not able to play any other low-rate server in the future, due to its uniqueness. Custom content. Def deserves way more players! Heads up for the next years~

Content progression is slow, but this server is playing the long game with carefully curated class balance changes to make all classes fun to play rather than just leave them as they were in their broken and often almost useless state, party exp bonuses that encourages partying and custom content a gear that helps fill in some gaps that Gravity left in the old game. There is no way to donate money, the devs and staff do it purely out of passion for the game.