Zak, I hope your post gets the attention it warrants. Most people focus on the next content patch, but is really a given. There will be more biomes there will be more recipes new materials and new building blocks.

This game has great depth in the content that it has thus far, and the suggestions you have including the ability to dig tunnels, better dig motes, and flowing water would further enhance the depth.

The ocean is amazing in this game and given how well the developers where able to do that I imagine given some time and effort they could make lakes and rivers a thing rather than just more sea /ocean acting like channels through the land as we have currently.

I would also like to see the better female models and texture but along with that I would like body type customisation for both, height, width, fat or skinny. Can I be the tall thin man or perhaps a short dwarf, not all humans are one size fits all.