Posted by Crono

iClassic is more popular because that's what Graal was designed to be to begin with. When Era came out in 2003 there was no server like it, and it was a love it or hate it type of relationship. Normal Graal was always regarded as being "better" while Era offered content you didn't really see anywhere else (guns, main fighting system ranged vs the normal melee, a cool mining system, and eventually businesses). On top of all of this, the biggest difference between iClassic and Era is that Classic in general was not designed to have an economy, whereas Era was completely designed based on an economic system.
I love bashing Era but it was a different experience and is sometimes a fun server to play. The biggest issue I have with it (not iEra in particular but Era in general) is how little it has evolved. If anything it's un-evolved in the past few years.