What would make ffxiv even better?

[tymora]

Things that would make my day...

Crafting:
1) Ability to completely customize equipment - Want a longer sleeve, no problem. Want a collar that makes you look Victorian, no problem. Want my armor in shades of rainbow, no problem.

-> Perhaps, bring back the equipment parts but allow their use like dyes for customization.

2) Faster crafting - Coming in 1.22 yay.

Gathering:
1) Shining dots are boring, boring...VERY boring. I want to see fish in the water, ore in the rocks, trees that look their species. If I want ash lumber, I'll go find an ash tree. If I want ore, I'll head into the mines. I want to be able to gather from every nook and cranny, I want to gather from the deepest hole in the ground to the loftiest peak in Eorzea!

-> Aion had shining dots but at least the plants look like their icons.
-> Skyrim...gotta love catching those butterflies...

Battle:
1) Weapons enchantment...
2) Skill combo between party members...
3) Alliance combat...
4) 3D combat...why are we still limited to the 2D ground when everything else is 3D?
-> Avatar Movie..."Attack from above because as the king of sky, it never looks up."
5) Specific body part targeting...not just WS and pray for body part damage
6) Dynamic weak spots on large size mobs. Pried off a scale? Lopped off a horn? Tore off a wing membrane? Add in regeneration to the fray. Burn open wounds to stop regen!

Drops:
1) No more random. A sheep should always have mutton on it, no matter how you mutilate it with an axe or zap it with thunder.
2) Why do we need to kill every mob for stuff? You mean I can't bring a pair of shears and get the fleece off a sheep while it is sleeping?

World:
1) Why do birds hug the ground for you to chop with an axe?
2) Why are wolves friends with the sheep?
3) Why do mobs stay 24/7 in the same place?
4) Why don't NPCs have their own lives?

Story & Quests:
1) Where is the epic FF story?...enough said. Getting better I know but still lacks a certain oompf to it.
2) Where are the endearing characters? Star Onion Brigade? I can remember so many of the characters of FFXI but hardly any from FFXIV.

Graphics:
1) DX11+ support
2) Where are my projectiles?