I'd also like more opportunities too fall off cliffs and too my death... Like that giant drop on the path into Gridania.. We should be able to fall off and die. And second the request for item previes before buying / crafting.
Personally, aesthetics will trump stats when it comes to gear choices everytime.
The targetting system for a pad is great... Perfect even... But I had to resort to google to learn how to actually use it properly... Maybe this information could be obviously presented somewhere, as would likely remedy most peoples gripes about targetting... The way I'm using it now, I didn't even realise possible till stumbling upon the info on a randomly obscure site somewhere.