I read the first post which is asking for pretty the same thing: things you can invest time to earn instead of basically given to you (though to a lesser degree). I imagine the thread is going to be like this thread, which is people telling the OP why he's wrong.
What I posted is a suggestion, in the suggestion forum, of something that I think will make the game more enjoyable. If it's the wrong audience, so be it. It ultimately doesn't matter. The game is dead any way, so private servers can do as they please. They can start everyone with a lv50 and the best gear if they want.
The old devs were shifting in the way I suggested, by having more gear you have to earn instead of given handed to you (eg. incarnate costume pieces, at least when I played), if Homecoming doesn't want to go that direction that's obviously up to them.