Rupees from bushes doesn't really have a single answer. It depends entirely on the mechanics of the rest of the server and what that money is actually used for.
p.s. mining is boring. very...very boring.
The bodies...
Well, what if it does the same thing Graal2001 did? Introduce new bodies, but utilize all the old heads?
If you know me you'd know I heartily support custom bodies but thats's just coming from the perspective of a heavy pixel junkie
With the amount of work it takes to make a
good sprite set, though, there is no reason that old bodies can't be used.
Chat commands...
You're making no sense here. You hate chat commands...but you're angry at Stefan and do not support the addition of GUI's? Those two...are DIRECTLY contradicting each other!
Music...
Ew.
No.
Music adds nothing.
Nothing.
A good solid custom tileset brings FAR more than a few midi files thrown in. Do you really leave the midis on? Who else? Lets say you had a dozen really good music files. For an mmorpg where you'll spend a lot of your time sitting around and chatting, unless the music is mostly ambience it's going to become annoying. Fast. Consider Graal Kingdoms. They brought in the music from Bjorn Lynn, and it's some really nice stuff. I had it on for a while, but it does get old. I would
much rather turn the music off and have winamp running a list of a few thousand songs rather than sit there with the same one playing over and over.
edit: Okay, so I suppose "NOTHING!" is a bit drastic. If it has some nice music it is nice to have it on for the first few times, it can nicely set the mood for the game. Just keep in mind that it won't stay forever.