At a time we did alphas org had 25 people online, now we have 5, had 5 towerfields now we have 0, buffs weree easy to get, gear easy to borrow, yet it took months of farming, for say soldier alphas. basicly every item in our game.
Time constraint is another issue, between business, girl and household I get 2 hours of gametime per day, 90% Of wich I get interupted.
Impossible to do at 30ies what I did in my 20ies bearly. And now have it all taken away.
New skills are good but deflect seems to me as important as AAD.
Maybe introduce 5 new levels where you only gain IP, nothing more.
Alternate, my favourite would be Allow reseting individual skills without striping. Full IPR with full strip, same for breed change.
Some options to consider.
If not, I will probably just work on a single char for ages. But that does bring a question, Is every prof with deflection better then prof without?