>Create a sleek wand component system. Use the existing sleek
>spots and probably double the number of them. Give mages 12
>component spots - 4 different aura components, 4 different
>sleek components, 4 different black components at character
>creation. It takes 3 components to create a wand. If you use
>3 of the same compoment, you get that type, if you mix and
>match different components , you have varying odds of getting
>any of the wands.

How is this an improvement? Sure you've got more locations, but it takes longer to gather enough items to actually create a wand.