Agreed with much of this.
+x items are annoying and tend to take away from immersion.
Skills should be consolidated and the perception skill should be completely redone.
Redoing feat chains. In general something needs to be done with feats. Waaaaay too many. I honestly have no suggestions on HOW to fix them but they just don't feel right as is.
Prestige classes need to feel like a reward not a gimmick.