[guineapig]

All very good points. This is basically just my imagination playing around with an expansion I enjoyed while leaving out the parts that I felt hurt the original content.

AA's are a toughy. They definitely helped define a character but they became an endless way to level up further. In my vision there would be a cap to how many AA's a character could get each level, starting at say 50. The level cap would still go to 65 with the PoP zones, however you would never be able to get all the AA's available.

In other words you would have to select a path you wanted to put your character on and specialize. Sure a way to respec could be added to the game but I would make it some sort of involved process so you wouldn't simply be able to respecialize your AA's from one day to the next.

As far as ports being necessary goes, I think a nice balance between some zones being port only while others being available without ports would mix it up a little and keep certain planes only optimal for raiding while others could be used for group and solo content.

Totally forgot about the Tower of Frozen Shadow mirror. That would be a nice alternative to the otherwize wizard only port to PoK. And the level 46 requirement for PoK is not a horrible idea but it starts a slippery slope because eventually everyone would start parking their mains there. I would rather see the minimum level at 60 or not at all.