Two ideas from a n00b

[PvK]

I rather like the sometimes-mismatched heroic abilites. It adds variety and unpredictability. I like that players can't count on people getting heroic abilities that match their trade, and that sometimes you get interesting hybrid characters that way. It makes for more interesting and diverse personalities. In my current game, I have a heroic independent priest who has got heroic attack skill, so I am evolving him into a hybrid priest/warrior who carries the food items, and still banishes undead, but will smack anyone who tries to raid the rear areas upside the head with his summer sword! Fun and interesting.

I do think that it would be nice to have some more control over spell use, though I'm not sure what the best approach would be. I kind of like the "do not cast these spells" list suggestion. As has been pointed out on other threads, though, the more micro-management that players can do, the harder it will become for the AI to compete with humans, and some more wicked strategies may emerge.

PvK