upgrades that are overdue

[fatherpirate]

Here is some stuff that should have been in game...a long time ago.

Cloaks that show in game
Cosmetic armor for Nerco/wolf/iron defender pets that make them look like something else wolf > lion
Racial Enhancement tree combat pet...humans/dogs WF/iron defenders dwarf/wolverine at the top end ect...
Spears and polearms
The return of mithral armor and med/heavy armor options for druids

Monk feat that allows light/medium armor - Samurai enhancement tree NOTE - can be a bonus tree that you can open
up, like AA with at least 5 points spent in both a monk and a fighter tree

Premium member should be able to open dungeons on hard
Give bows a reason to exist vs Heavy repeaters
Pure cleric specialty ability...treat similar to half elf Del.
Evil alignment
Black Guard Enhancement tree for fighters?
Crafting = drop loot if it drops, it should be craftable as well
Massive lvl adjusting random dungeon (Undermountain)
The ability to start an epic character at level 1 or purchase that right

All of this should have already been in game considering how long it has been out.

[Discpsycho]

Not sure how I feel about racial pet enhancements. They usually get relegated to lever-pullers anyway. Would they be in addition to other pets? In the few cases where folks build as summoners, that could get pretty outrageous.

Since everyone already runs Earth Stance for the crit multiplier, Monks effectively wear light armor as is. The Kensai pass is coming in U31 and I doubt they'll modify it too much once they put it out there, but maybe it'll be samurai-like?

Not sure how I feel about premium members opening hard/elite. That's one of the few advantages VIP has over a longer-term Premium player, aside from the 10% xp.

Bows have a great reason to exist: Manyshot. Since 10k stars got buffed, a lot of folks run 14 Monk / 6 Ranger (or take 2 out for rogue or fighter) so they can get both. Neither ability works with crossbows and now that AA DCs scale with Wis and DWS grants Dex for bow damage, Monkchers and Monk/Ranger MCs only have to worry about 2 stats. I've seen some builds that run Shuriken to build up Adrenalines, then burst the bejeezus out of stuff in FOTW. Overall, I call that a win. Heavy repeaters are really only used by artificers, as Mechanics use GXBs.

I don't really see why Clerics should have something in line with Half-Elf Dilly. I could see an argument that they get the same religion bonuses as FvS, except they also get Turn Undeads for extra healing/cleanses.

What exactly would evil alignment add to the game? True, it adds flavor. On the flip side, this would only affect new quests, as I doubt devs are gonna go back and recode a bunch of old quests for something as minor as this.

Fighter's already got 3 trees, and I'm pretty sure Blackguards were originally fallen Paladins (and they just got an update in '13, so they're a long way off, if they do ever get redone). Admittedly two are carbon copies of Paladin trees, but a Kensai pass is coming, so hopefully that will distinguish the two classes. There were posts a while back on the Third FvS Tree Project regarding a Blackguard-style tree, but I haven't seen any action there in a while.

I have a hunch that crafting is on the to-do list, though I can't speak from any point of certainty.

Why do you want to start an epic character at level 1? Or do you mean an iconic? The iconics each have a non-iconic race they resemble pretty closely, so the only rationale I can see for this suggestion would be to allow folks to choose their 1st level as an iconic, which is a pretty contentious subject based on how many pages those posts accrue.

[fatherpirate]

Yes I ment iconic, because many folks like doing stuff from lvl 1 on but also
like the iconic race/class

Racial based pet would be like a druid or artificer pet...fewer commands, like a necro pet and it just levels with player
about as powerful as a fighter hireling AND you cannot have out a druid/necro/Defender pet out at the same time.
You would also need to have at least 15 or 20 points in your racial tree to unlock

as for samurai..I would like a way for monk builds to remove armor restriction..BUT you have to pay for that
like you do to get other weapons as kei weapons...so maybe it can be unlocked in a fighter tree or spending feats..or such

I would give Premium 'hard' but not elete...incentive to spend money

Cleric specialties would only deal with spells available...as it is in PnP you pick one and certain spells
are added to your spell book. A cleric who is the follower of the magic god..would get a few magic list spells
added to thier list as divine spells

Ya..evil = flavor..yum

Blackguard requires evil alignment I think...so as a pally tree, not happening

[PsychoBlonde]

The return of mithral armor and med/heavy armor options for druids

You mean like:

Dragonscale armors
Shadowscale armors
Leaves of the Forest
Scalemail of the Celestial X from LTS/LHoX

I'm not sure why you'd think they'd make a ton of druid-friendly heavy armor as druids aren't natively proficient with heavy armor. The whole "druid's oath" thing is supposed to be RESTRICTIVE.

[PsychoBlonde]

Monk feat that allows light/medium armor - Samurai enhancement tree NOTE - can be a bonus tree that you can open
up, like AA with at least 5 points spent in both a monk and a fighter tree

Monks can wear armor. They just can't be centered while wearing it, nor is there any reason why they should be able to be centered AND wear armor. You're not SUPPOSED to be able to have EVERYTHING.

Premium member should be able to open dungeons on hard

They can. It's called "TR once". If they do it twice, they can open them on elite! If it bugs you that much, buy ONE MONTH of VIP sub (only marginally more expensive than the cheapest points pack, plus you get almost as many points as the cheapest points pack), run to 20, TR, boom, you can forever after open quests on hard difficulty. :P

All of this should have already been in game considering how long it has been out.

Because a game being out for 10 years means that it should support your personal preferences why?