Being able to combine ores to create different ingots (such as copper ore + tin ore = bronze ingot, or iron ore + coal = steel ingot) would be very cool!
YES PLEASE!! I haven't gotten far enough but I was hoping this would be in the game. The Tin metals tier needs to be replaced with Bronze (copper+tin). Tin is not actually suitable for weapons or armor. You could also add in zinc for Brass (Copper+zinc) which is actually a very useful metal.