Playing in a private league experience

Hello.

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST DOES NOT RELATE TO TALKATIVE TRI SECOND WIND LEAGUE

At the beginning of the year i started to play in a private league with around 2-3k players and... it is the best experience i had with a PoE2 so far.

Previously i played 1 char every league to level 91-95 - with a goal to kill all the bosses at all difficulty levels.
I tried both SSF and trade. And playing with trade just trivialized the game for me. There was no challange. There was almost no point in picking up loot other than currency. There was no point in crafting since i Could buy cheap great gear (while the trully best gear was not obtainable due to prices).
On the other hand playing SSF was more fun to me however towards the end it gets way two grindy to upgrade the gear and trully best gear is not obtainable due to just being not lucky enough.

Playing with 2-3k people on the server made all the problems go away. Because there is trade, however it is limited since there are no many options on the market. It made crafting very usefull. It was grindy but not as much as SSF. It made all the item drops worth checking instead of just mainly picking currency.

Basically what i am trying to say is that this was great balance between mechanics, grind, difficulty, loot etc.
To all people i highly recommend playing in a closed enviroment - it was trully great and refreshing experience.
And to GGG i would recommend to consider making a servers with a limited number of players (while leaving one open main server) as it gives a lot of opportunities and different feeling in game (for me trully the best). (However i know this is never going to happen)

This is also my plan for next league. Tired af of abusers crashing seasons 2 weeks in each time.

Any suggestions on how to find fair and ethical communities?