just as a preface- i'm not here to bash your thread or make you feel bad about your ideas, i really like seeing other people's stance on what the game should/could add onto. these are just my observations.
there's been a recent thread floating around about how bigger maps don't necessarily mean better- from a server-running standpoint and a "game-already-feels-pretty-empty" standpoint. that's not to say there wouldn't be advantages to having larger maps either, there certainly are, but at this point in time i believe the next map(s) we get are going to be the standard size we've been getting, which in my opinion are quite large in and of themselves.
another thing about big maps- i joined a rp that had to be shut down because the map and details were just. too extensive and the creator could no longer get in. from a hardware standpoint not many people are gonna be able to get into big maps that are as detailed as the ones we currently have ingame.
fh thrives on its simplicity and the ability to change that if you want.
quests, trading and currency are all possible things but first of all, we don't currently have an active codemaster to deal with all the nitty-gritty of creating such things. trading and items really don't work at this point because we already have downloadable items and i believe it should stay that way, at least for fh. dragon's den, last moon and plenty of other IT servers offer much more in terms of RPG elements in their games and they have the same character creation veins as fh, i'd suggest checking those out if you really need a fix of RPG+animal characters.
tacking onto that, a lot of people want fh as a chill game, to sit around and rp with buddies. hunting for items to get the perfect look or having a squad of rambunctious hunters run through your roleplay space ranges from annoying to downright infuriating. as someone who's been playing games with collectems and "farm for the perfect items or you'll never get past this area/get your perfect look," fh is exactly the solace i need from all that, and i really don't think i'm alone in that regard.
not to mention getting rights to items is always a pain, or so i've heard, and it limits the pool of things you actually can have in fear of the ⓒopyright gods™coming after your free-to-play furry game.
i do agree on the character creation bit though. having scars as a marking kinda limits things tbh.