1. I agree with completely
2. wouldn't work, even during non-peak hours on my server A ranks are never up even 10 minutes before killed.
3. I completely disagree with. This would allow players to simply sit in an area and wait for the message instead of actively searching an area. In other words you would be taking what little challenge there is at the moment completely away. I definitely don't want to see this game take the same route World of Warcraft did and dummy down it's playable content to the IQ of an 8 year old.