I think this is a great idea. In my HUMBLE opinion, I would love to see a client that runs MOST of the eq ruleset with a few exceptions.
- PVE more easily solo-able
- Ability to use any combo of class skills (kinda' like Oblivion)
- Ability/skill to talk to your god and even sometimes get an answer (would make for a good storyline booster)
- Certain days of the week/month your god blesses you according to your class (draw your own story/conclusion from that)
- Certain areas make a certain race/class a little better/stronger/xxxbuff (eg... druid in the woods gets barkskin spell automatically for xxx time)
- Wandering merchants
- Chop down trees, dig for iron etc... for crafting materials (kinda' like AC2)
- Off-the-wall quests that, instead of just killing stuff, you might have to,say, go and pull the hair (used like /emote pull hair [targetname]) of another NPC.
- Damagable PVE (eg... trees, rocks, walls)
- Change from guilds to religions, where you have to perform some sort of ritual per week/month/year to appease the god of your religion (to build up points that fall away if you dont do the ritual often enough) and that will make you stronger like unlocking the knowlege to build balisa's or something like that. I think this would ultimately swing things more from "money" farming to "power" seeking...
Some ideas I would like to see... I know, some are in direct conflict with others but thought I would put them in anyhow..