I believe that the rep points are good as they are right now. Sure many people do have "maxed out" rep points, but they are also the people who post quite a bit with useful information, so in a way, I think they deserve their maxed out rep. I believe that even if we scale the pints down, people will still manage to inevitably max out the new system. I think that some sort of harder system will "hurt" the people who do not have as high of a reputation as ChiefDelphi's super posters because it will take them longer to reach a point that the formerly maxed out reached rather quickly. the transition period would be too confusing.
just my .02, sorry if i confuse anyone
ps. now I have the lowest rep for a person who as posted here
