I have some major suggestions: I Arcanum should be 3d II It should have more realistic colours III You could see the armours, helmets, boots and faces more detalised. IV It shousd have more, ehmm, let's say action-when you do something agenst the law, you should not be killed, the guards should arrest you e.t.c...... (pardon my spelling) That law thing is just a example, what i want to say is, the NPC's in Arcanum should act more realistic. ( about that 3d, it should make the game more dynamic, i guess :/ )
RPGs should NEVER be in 3D, least of all Arcanum! Can't think of a 3D RPG that actually was a RPG and not just hack 'n' slash... Better animation is fine, though.
I think you have some good ideas, other than the 3D one, but i have a thingy about IV. It would be great if the law system was more realistic, but imagine hoe annoying it would be if, each time you broke a law and you got caught, you had to sit in a jail cell,face a trial, and all the shit thats in real law...i mena its a good idea, but it woudl be too annoying after a while.