Originally Posted by
Uaintseenme
On the subject of "Other visual enhancements", i know of atleast a dozen AO players who spend time elsewhere on the interwebs who are quite talented texture artists, animators and 3D artists who im sure would be willing to lend a hand replaceing any of the assets you'd like to see upgraded to take full advantage of features the new engine has to offer.
I'd also hazard a guess that AO is a higher priority to those players than it is to FC, maybe you'd conssider a competion of some sort open to people who'd actualy like to contribute to the ongoing world of AO.
Starting with somethign like a basic texture challenge for a building or random npc/mob and if the quality of entries meets the standard possibly, offering up something more intresting in the future.