How would you patch this game?

[Blitz]

2) AI opponents should not be sending their pretender into the death match events. Also a better prize should be introduced for the death match event... most agree it's not worth sending a commander.

How about this...

In addition to the weapon you win, the winner gets to pick ANY magical item from the construction 2 school. This might be a dwarven hammer or soul contract or something else nice that the player could not otherwise forge.

Each successive death match, the winner would be able to pick from the next highest construction school. The winner of the second tier might get a Skull Staff to get his death magic going.

The third round you could get a ring of wizardry, or maybe Jade Armor.

I think that might draw a bit of interest in the death matches, don't you think?