What surprises would you like to see upon release?

I'm really hoping that Factions focuses more on the RP world as far as with the chat settings.. Basically I'd like to see an RP channel similar to that of EQ2 where you can either talk in the regular global chat or RP chat with people who like to do that stuff. I noticed that nothing but the Allied chat has been discussed so far..

Also I hope the Trade channel is deleted since people just spam global anyway with their trades and they make a Trade house where people can either just go there and submit items on some sort of bulletin board and people just buy them as they see them and money goes to your stash upon purchase.. I dunno just some though and wishful thinking .. How about you guys?

That second paragraph was something I was thining of. They should make it where "WTB, WTS, Wanting to sell, Selling, Buying," and so on, are not able to be said in local. That would help some I bet.

Anyway.. surprises, I cant think of anything. But what I'm looking forward to, is seeing how trapping would be changed. Are new skills going to be available for the older professions, anyway? (In the preview weekend) I haven't seen anything like that.

A pleasant surprise I would like would be that March 14th news article to be wrong.

new weapon drops but thats a given

We really need an Auction House. I would love the trade channel but no one uses it. The community was so much better when the game came out, I could talk to people in local. Now you just get bombarded with people selling stuff.

A pleasant surprise eh? How about if Gwen shows up and gives me something huge and awesome in return for buying her that silly 200g cape 5-6 times each time I started a new char. Thx ahead of time Gwen.

I second that. I would love to be suprised in that the Invite email is more correct (focus on adventure, quests and the like) and the above mentioned article is wrong (focus on unlocking content via PvP and PvP mini-games; ala "competitve missions"). I want to play a RPG (RPG Lite even) not a semi-sports game.

More storage

More slots!

lol - you're my hero!

Two-Handed Katana! FTW FTW FTW FTW!!!!

More storage! More weapons! More Greens! More money! Less spamming! More of the good things, less of the bad!

- auction house
- 3 extra slots (haha, I know it won't happen)
- more storage place
- the feeling I had the first 2-3 months before all the jerks turned up
- ...

The design weapon contest winners designs/renderings used in, ingame screens.
The honorable mentions designs.

Lack of "bad" suprises and I will be happy

Seriously, I expect a lot of good ones, they only hint at things and have huge changes on past updates or nice new feature that no one saw coming.

I want some specialized storage such as armor sets at least

Alas...those were the days...

QFT..

The instant dismissal of all the increasingly bad vibes I'm getting about all the 'factions' malarky would be nice.

More storage in Guild Hall at the very least... I mean common the Hall itself is pretty useless. Lets make it someplace to go to from time to time other then just for a meeting place for GvG. It should have some more functionality to it for the rest of the game. Not just the limited GvG battles... Personally I'm sorry I ever wasted a Celestial sigil for one to begin with.

A Panda Pet would be a nice surprise.
As would a weapons upgrade Blacksmith.
And an effective auction system would also be a surprise.

Fair NPC Rune buyback prices would also be a surprise. (I Mean I can see Minor being 25 gold... but Majors or Superiors too?? at the same 25 gold??? I would rather it go back to having some runes go out of stock on occassion then have what we have right now...)

A key ring inventory position JUST FOR KEYS. (Est size equivilant to a belt 5 slots for 5 different types of keys)

The Pendants Rings and Charms would also be a surprise, as they have not been seen since the Beta days...

And My Monk Silk Armor!!!!! PLEASE I want that back SOOO BAD!!!

Oh Forgot a couple. Larger friends list. and Much Much Larger Ignore list...

And easy ability to see Allies on screen. Like when the guild tag lites up gold right now for guildies. I would like to see the same for allies. Makes things easier...

Ability to go to guild or ally screen and see where members are atm. "Town dist" or "in mission" status. Then simpliy click like a whisper to join them in the same location. (Meaning in towns obviously)

Ready button lites on the party screen would be a HUGE surprise. I mean HUGE!!!
(lets everyone know when your ready to begin a mission.)

Oh and finally one I know they are working on, but I dont think will make it in chapter 2 yet. VoIP instead of text chat for parties... Eliminate the need for TS or VENT. And you got a happy bunch indeed... I don't mind TS at all. But when you get a PUG and they can't hear you because they don't have it. well its just not as effecient. thats why they often get kicked from parties.

1. Auction House. You submitt your items and forget them, when someone buys it the cash goes straight to your storage. Also make a special town for sales only, if you want to buy or sale something you go here and keep your spam out of my local channel.

2. Armor sets. Just like weapon sets, you click the icon and your armor is changed just like the weapons are now.

3. More storage space.

4. Love the key ring idea!

5. NPC replacement in missions. If you are in a mission and someone leaves then they are replaced with a henchman of the same class. I can not count the times i have been in a mission and people quit because they die and are not imediatlly rezzed or they get their cap and leave.

One thing i hope they do, and everything else would not matter....premade pvp characters....i absolutly HATE when i have to reroll between characters that i play often..i need a place to store my setups...attribs/skills/armor/runes/weapons...the whole thing, then all i have to do is delete the old set and load up my saved set. Everything else would NOT matter as long as this was done....pvp players that dont have pve chars up to pvp standards have to reroll often and that gets really annoying.

YAY!