Victoria Island revamp

The quest re-org is rather interesting. They definitely rope you into an area and keep you there for a whole line of quests. For example, the old WANTED quests are different. You now do them in sequential order. All the WANTED signs have changed. First you find the Orange Mushroom WANTED sign, kill 30 orange mushrooms, then turn the quest into Power B Fore (instead of the Rememberer like before). Once that is complete, the WANTED sign for Green Mushrooms becomes active. The sequence (iirc) is Orange - Green - Horny - Blue - Mushmom - Zombie Mushmom.

Another thing about the quest organization is that each area has a quest line that is job-specific (similar to the old Episode 1 story line). Some of the old quests that were open to everyone have been rolled up into the job quest lines. (For example, collecting Plant Sample for Betty in Ellinia is now part fo the Mercedes story line instead of being public.) I am going to test it for posterity, but the quest line that you get through the Nautilus area as a Cannoneer is probably not specific to the Cannoneer. I believe that all pirates get it. I will be testing it shortly to see if my job-quest line theory is true. (EDIT: It is true. Each job category has a hand-holding quest line that takes you nearly to level 30. I made a gunslinger and it was identical to the Cannoneer.)

Are they removing the medal along with changing the WANTED quests?

More importantly, do any of the new quests have upper-level limits? I don't want to lost my chance of getting the Quest Specialist.