Darn, I've always liked the idea of starting anew... or at least having a new server.
If we do, in fact, ever start over, I propose that only a semi-restart happen, like every item gets wiped, and you go down in skill to 10% of whatever you had (463 > 46.3... kind of a boost in the right direction). Also, special new items would have to be added, commemorating those so long gone that the server wipe would make them go bye-bye.
For a new server, I think that it should be extremely hard to raise stats, but extremely easy to raise funds, so that you don't have to worry about money, but the game is stretched a bit farther. Also, for running costs, the new server could be a monthly payment type of thing... wink wink

Just my $.02