I was thinking about giving this a try again.  I played a few months of beta before launch, and even with the issues, I could see the potential.  My preferred style of play is not to group all that often, and that is my biggest road block, but I played the original EQ in beta and a few years of release, so I understand what and why it is the way it is :)

One pool of players that might be a good target are some of the more hard core players that are coming off WoW and trying LotRO (which I play and love and have a lifetime with, but am looking for a break), and not finding enough dungeon crawling.  There are also those who have played the past two years and are feeling burned out, especially after MoM was released, and they feel the game changed drastically.  I think they should figure out a way to get the attention of those folks.

As for me, I may just break out the old credit card and fire it up again :)

Combat

I completely disagree with the notion of how great it would be if it worked more like a first person game.  The main reason I like to play MMOs is they are some of the few games that are still based on a die roll mechanic.  If I want to play an FPS, then I'll play an FPS.

Crafting

The key word should be 'useful', not 'complex'.

It seems like both of these were written from the perspective of someone that wants a more niche game for themselves.  The more complex it is and the harder it is for people to play it, the more enjoyable it is for that type of person.  It's like the flood of refuges we are starting to get from WoW.  It never ceases to amaze me how quickly they start in the forums and OOC with all the changes they'd like to see, and they all sound 'really' familiar.

Honestly, the PC market is dwindling as it is, and you all have your PS3s and XBoxs and Wiis, do we really need to turn the few nice remaining games we have into WWF Wife Swap Idol Crysis American Prototype Call of Limbaugh VI?