1. Devs/EA/Mythic..whoever..finally planned and released things on time. This is in game events, store items, everything.
2. They would release the 9th anniversary tiles, NOT for a fee.
3. They would add more of the existing in game tilesets to the game.
4. The Asian players stopped getting preference.
5. We could equip a hammer. Seriously, it's a little thing, but you can hold a smith's hammer but not a carpentry hammer? In fact, it would be nice to hold a sewing kit, all of the instruments, etc.
6. Japanese hairstyles.
7. Crafting ingredients were obtainable in a logical way.
8. Agree with the eating/bathing idea above.
9. More growable resource plants.
10. New plants produced seeds. All plants available in all colors.
11. Two houses per account.
12. ToT1 dyes were returned to the game.
I could go on, but why bother.