It seems to me like almost all of the "No we cannot or will not do that" that comes from the Dev team stems from the fact that the game was programmed over 10 years ago. Why not do a overhaul and fix it all at once? Ground up revamp would be great and maybe you could even tie it into the new Expansion. This should let you eliminate the dead weight (PS2) and overhaul the things the community wants. Even if the servers went off for few months I think the player base in general would be appreciative of the revamped game (especially if you implement some of the more popular suggestions from the community).