I know this is something small, but I'd *love* to see a three-section staff as a weapon. It's a case of OOC leading to IC, true, but, personally it's my favorite weapon to fight with and given the diversity of weapons I've seen here, I was a bit sad when I didn't see it on the list of weapons.
Lastly, I haven't read through this entire thread, so please excuse me if I've repeated someone else's idea, but I think I'd be cool if we could examine an item within a shop before plunking down money and buying it? Maybe we could pay when we walked out the door or something so we could try it, heft it and compare it to our current armors so we don't waste money at the store? I think I nearly cried when I spent an obsidian in a store on things I couldn't use.
Anyways, that's my two cents, thanks for letting me chip in. =)