After Reading this thread..
I am agreement about the bi thing, but the same reason that that could never have happened is the same that TNG was as amazing as it was... For Troi to be Bi, TNG would've needed today's audience, whose taste spoils today's TV.
I'll admit that that'd be super interesting though
I think Troi is good. She does a satisfactory job at bridging the Human-Betazoid gap, or whatever, and I feel as though she had great POTENTIAL but that TNG's writing was not always kosher. It is indeed strange that TNG didn't go for an 8th season, in which Troi could've been 'explored'. They could've easily staggered events more, rather than beginning to hurriedly 'wrap up' things with advances in Datas 'humanity' type plotline, Riker/Deanna, Picard/Beverly, etc...
But I digress.
Agreed that Troi's dialogue needed a little less "pain.. terrible pain.."
Agreed she should've been uniformed from the get go.
Agreed that Marina Sirtis is in fact a babe
And more telepathy, well I'd say why not, but, one of the reason TNG was purrfect was for remaining tasteful... and not turning it into everyone into space superheroes. I mean, you give Troi full telepathy or telekinesis, and Beverly would seem so much less a 'forefront' girl on the series.