diamond a klien star as starter items are you insane? that would kill all early game ¬_¬
well following that logic i think a great server should have a starter castle (9x9 chunks) all by yourself and a starter kit with all the machines a stack of copper cables and 4 diamond blocks
well derping apart...
a good server should have some things to be considered
1.-A nice spawn, not a very big one but nice impresive to give a warm welcome to the newcomers
2.-EE Disabled, i personally hate EE because is a great mod, but just as a stand alone... with other mods like IC it becomes totally unbalanced
3.-Rules that Encourages PvP and raiding, just take a look on Terranovo's Rules list (check in the Deluxe Servers section)
4.- Not overpowered ranks (besides mods of course) i dont wanna be playing and find some guy flying around just because he pays real money
5.-RP PvP Survival oriented server, i dont like creative servers, they look awesome but ghaterng resouces is what makes Minecraft great
6.- OP armors/weapons disabled. To grant a meaningful and fair PVP you need to get rid of Nano armor quantum and nano saber, with a Quantum armor you are practically inmortal and with Nano armor the nano saber kills you with 2 hits, that's not PVP at all
7.- Daily events like mob arena just to keep user who already reach endgame to have fun =P