Ok here my all ideas for new world:
-Less rivers, more lakes it would be funnier to walk than swim.
-Easier killing animals, it would be good because you want make hardcap on wilderness resouces so i suggest this:
*party buff that gives u 20% less defence meter drop per nearby party member
*early game armor and weapons that ql is hard to raise but they give many stats like +2 str +2 agi +2 meele combat and have decent damage
*new moves that could give u passive defence gain and decrease animal's defence bar ex. Cost: 10%atk Gives: 3%def/-6%def
-Some kind of traps
-STORMCHASING!!
-And they hardcapped water could be only shown as hardcapped(10ql) but they could regain your stamina like normal.