Lumenor SMP is starting its second season and it feels like a fresh new world.
The server is still on 1.21.11 and it uses via version and backwards plugins so it is pretty easy to join. It runs 24 7 and has servers for a lot of different continents so it feels really smooth and they say it has no lag.
Spawn has 2 mini games now so you can mess around there before you go out to survive. There are also plugins that make the gameplay feel different and kind of magical.
The world itself is not normal. There are custom biomes terrains and structures like dungeons and towers. Caves are bigger and better so exploring underground is actually exciting.
There is some kind of role choice system too but you have to join to see how it works. The owner and their developer clearly put work into adding a lot of new things so if you like SMP with extra features this server is worth checking out.
