Dynasty Warriors 7 - what would YOU like to see?

[† The Joker]

We all know that a 7th installment of the Dynasty Warriors series will be on the cards at KOEI, so my question is this. what would YOU like to included in the next dynasty warriors game?

For me it would be the following:

1. Greater AI skill - dynasty warriors 6 came a long way in improving standard soldiers fighting styles in that they could, in large numbers, actually cause you to break a sweat! However, I still think much more needs to be done here, maybe making them more aggressive and a challenge (and I'm not talking about upping their health here!). Another thing would be responding to battle situations - if a fight's unwinable or going badly (say, all the troops in a Generals squad have been wiped out), then they pull back, regoup and come back with a whole new squad for another round.
   
2. Unique Weapons - A return to every character having his / her own style of fighting - as good as the new weapons are, its best when everyone has their own style. In other words, back aas it was from games 2-5
   
3. Map Editor - create your own scenarios to test you skills, make them as hard or as easy as you wish! I'd also like the option to share them online with other people, and see what they come up with, as well as what surprises they have in store (bound to be more interesting than what KOEI has come up with so far!)
   
4. Equipable Items - a feature removed in 6, but something that I felt added good depth, especially early on in a persons game.
   
5. Upgradeable Weapons and Items - as much as I like the concept in 6 Empires "spend hard earned cash to improve your weapons" idea, it becomes easy when you unlock a large amount of starting cash (namely, able to go from weapon level 1 to 9 out of 10 if you use both sets of cash boosts at the start). A return to 4's concept of "the more you fight, the better you're weapon will become" policy is in order here.
   
6. Custom Characters - getting much better with each passing game, but again, more depth needed here, such as choosing what your character will say in a battle, as well as a larger choice in clothes and colours. This also applies to a custom army colour
   
7. Online Mode - an AI can only be fun to beat for so long, imagine leading an army against other human players. Only difference I would make here is a case of if a player is defeated, he/she cannot return to the battlefield for 3 minutes. Of course, there could (and probably should) be an option for setting the limit of resporns a person can make, as well as giving their comrades orders, if their character is the leader in the selected battle or is randomly chosen. A note of this would be that there cannot be 2 of the same character in a battle (getting nightmares of 10 Lu Bu's...)
   

whew... thats a long list, but then I've been playing the DW series since DW2, so I know what I want. Lets see what you all come up with.

[Koby]

I want to see something new. Since DW3, they have all been the exact same aside from a few new features each release and the occasional mission change.

[† The Joker]

Yeah, they need something new, something completely different to the norm to make it better