Ok, I lied. I can't stay in my Lurker stasis as I drink too much coffee!
I like the idea myself, excepting maybe as a specific server. Thinking on the Sony side of the house, they want money. Powerlevelers that sell their toons on E-bay and buy IGE plat for twinks produce a player made economy, and an income to sony. Not saying I agree with it as a player, but I figure it's true enough.
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(3) Trivial loot on all non quest items.
I've been /feedbacking the idea of ALL loot is simply made No Trade, excepting for equipable items that are player made, make those attuneable so there can still be a bazaar.
I've complained about powerleveling (example; playing a level 30 toon in Gunthak, only to find 3 level 70 toons with great gear powerleveling their "alt-guild" alts).
All I can say is after my first few encounters with the crowded areas of EQ, something occured to me;
THEY ARE ENJOYING THE GAME (Just like I was trying to do) and despite all complaining etc.. the game is what it is, and the majority of the players are high end, or in a hurry to get there to experience the majority of the game content (which is in my opinion designed mostly for raiding).
The only reason I say that is because most players are on a subconscious competativeness, they see super gear with great stats, and in the back of their mind, they create a goal. They wish to achieve the same super gear, maybe to brag, maybe because that is the next upgrade, or maybe because they have already played the majority of the single group content leaving them with the motivation to raid and raid farm.
In conlusion, the game you want is EQ2, it has many of the same "rules" that you desire. Vanguard looks promising as well (in fact I shut off my EQ accounts and await Vanguards release while skulking these forums for the months to come!) It is a sound idea you have, and very inspiring. Unfortunately, EverQuest is not new, and as such is not capable of great reform like you describe (without massive labor costs for programmers leading to even greater server downtime which in turn loses Sony more subscribers, etc. etc.) But I am sure all that will be covered in the flames to come!