A while back, we crunched down alt qps for people during a revision of the darkfriend system leaving four players with a significant reduction in alt qps with the understanding that they'd be working under a now defunct new system.
I'm going to convert them to greymen not as a path but as the destination, a one time but standing offer that they'll be allowed to accept any time in the future, but no more than one converted per year.
As well should Vail ever return he will be given the option to immediately become a dreadlord, Bootsy and Archon will be given the option to become greymen, and that will be a permanently open option for all 3.
There are not, and won't be any future plans for a darkfriend system because of the antisocial nature of the entire endeavor and the investment of time towards such end being a net negative for the game.