I feel a very cool addition that would benefit new knights TREMENDOUSLY, even end gamers buying new reskins, is the idea I posted a few months ago.
The core idea is this, bringing back the mineral vendor in some form (could tie this idea into the new spike vendor) to allow for the conversion of minerals to the other types. A cool lore implication could be that the spikes allow for the crystals to convert their "energy" form and morph from one another.
Could also add the option for buying minerals directly, or selling minerals directly. This I feel is a bit controversial as it might remove players selling pet foods, but none the less an idea.
Another easy tie in with all of this, is spike themed / mineral themed cosmetics. nuff said on that front.