I'd love heirloom theft coming with rebalancing retirement bonuses etc.
New players (i am new player, too, im gen 2 after playing this game 3 months -.-') should be able to get their first 2 masterwork items (and gen 7) really fast and for players gen 7+ it can be as it is atm.
Heirloom theft should be same as last time (heirlooms/3) and should also theft generations (generation/3) BUT:
- If player had 6 or less heirlooms, leave them all.
- If player had 7 or less generations, leave all generations.
- If player had 7 or more heirlooms, start dividing /3, but the least amount of heirlooms left should be 6.
- If player had 8 or more generations, start dividing /3, but the least amount of generations left should be 7.
As for new grinding system: either make it so every player gen < 8 starts after every retire at 30 lvl (even if you retire at 15 lvl, so EVERY player who played now and has lvl < 31 still can get to 30 lvl in no time) OR every player gen < 8 gets higher (much higher...) retire exp bonus.
Again, after getting 6 heirloom points and gen 7 really fast, further grinding should work the same as now.