And again:

Your changes would likely be the death of this game.

People play this game for what it is. You drastically change that and you risk alienating the player base.

This game has spent 10 years being what it is. You don't change drastically this many years into the game unless things are desperate. Like numbers are way down and no sign that they are going to increase any time soon.

Your changes would be better suited to a new game.