graal's issue is that servers were never meant to really stick around for years and years at a time. early graal had servers going up and down within a span of <24 months.
classic was always there but that's because it was the official server. its players were always a bit socially awkward though because who would actually stick around on one server for half a decade when there were all these fun and interesting communities to visit (delteria, enigma, sanstrata, unho- nvm not that one, valikorlia, etc).
classic had some of the best events when it had serverside HD but theres no way theyre having those on iclassic, so a lot of what made the server fun in its later years can't even be added here.
iclassic is just a shell of "real" graal. i used to kind of enjoy it because of friends but when you take a step back, it really is a **** server