We need upgraded textures or better graphical options.

[Dark-Saviour]

Even if they don't do a full texture pack to cover the whole game, they need to attack specific problem areas. Hien's armour was so present and glaringly bad that it never should have gotten past QA. I legitimately thought I'd screwed up a setting in the graphics configuration when I saw it.

Wont be happening any time soon, at least thats how it was worded in one of the last interviews Yoshi did. But his wording could have been a hint for 5.0 changes, not really sure how to take it.

They asked him the wrong thing. They asked about a full engine upgrade (like what WoW did a while back) rather than enhanced textures (which should be supported by the existing engine).