Two simple ideas
1: Add in a transmogrification system [uses transmute crystals possibly] that lets you change any item you have into any style you know the motif for, example I could turn the fugly beekeeper's shield from a circle with a hole in it (yes i know it's meant to be the moon) into a ebony style shield..it's that simple.
2: Arcana, a crafting system where you can take a staff and then turn it into.. for lack of a better way to put it, hand magic i.e. casting staff abilities but with your hands. Don't get the wrong idea, it would still be a two handed item with traits and enchants and set effects, it's just that not everybody that wants to magic.. also wants to use a wizard stick...how it would work would be simple, you'd take your staff to a woodworking bench and from there under the improvement tab select "convert to arcana" and it would be a 1:1 conversion.. so a purple defending inferno spriggin staff would be made into a purple defending inferno spriggin arcana
what'd you guys think?