3) Add a "deep" abyss with abyss resources inside the most active perm abyss. This abyss would require a party to enter but would not be instanced. Essentially these would be resources such as mushrooms, ores, etc that are in the deepest parts of the abyss but they are harvested at double the speed (or quadruple the speed if you have a king's touch) and would give double the amount of resources. It brings people into the abyss and promotes Team vs Team fights happening constantly over resources that perms would need to make stones to enhance gear/scrolls for bosses/etc. On top of the teams fighting teams, they'd also have to fend off buffed up versions of normal abyss mobs that guard the resources. To top the Deep Abyss off there would be an extreme version of that abyss's boss lurking that offers a significantly higher drop rate but a much harder challenge that could only be done with a team.
That one was pretty cool.
I like when high levelled peeps make perms.
All good suggestions.