My Suggestions

[Aqualys]

I totally agree about the item gathering part. The players should be divided between two different maps (two clones of Alberta). No need for something fancy like a new map or different spawn rates. Just two different Alberta clones rather than one, with one half of the participants on one map, the other half on the other. Simple.

I don't know if it can be helped, but I think the monster trial could be improved by having a lot more lines. Double the current amount, or something along these lines. Having to wait seven entire rounds (eight players per line this month) is long and boring. Personally, I don't mind it as much as others, because I like to chat a lot with the players, but the faster pace would keep players motivated and upbeat. However, a different map would need to be used to have more lines, or, like my previous suggestion, two different maps (which would most likely require one GM per map, making it a lot more complicated). Either way, I think this would improve the pace a lot. However, the item gathering and PVP parts can't really be made faster, unless it's by separating the PVP groups into two, which is a big hassle...

Finally, there's the possibility of Trial of Heroes lasting two days. It's always on a Saturday, so why not making it Saturday and Sunday? Two to three hours in two days is a lot better paced than six long hours straight. [Totally Unrelated Note] I remember when I was a child. I saw Jesus of Nazareth on TV with my sister. The entire movie was split into three parts, airing one day after the other, roughly two hours per day. My sister told me that it was neat, because the year before, the entire movie aired the same day. Roughly five hours straight. It's a good way to keep the people watching the movie interested. [/Totally Unrelated Note]

So yeah, I think this would work well. With monster trial and item gathering on Saturday, and PVP, trivia and mass PVP on Sunday. Or any other combination similar to that that would work nicely.