This could be a nice addition but as said it rises a few problems; toribash is made so that no item purchase gives you an immediate advantage over the opponent. Now however having a set opener does not seem problematic in mods such as ninjutsu/wushu which have been largely dominated by openers till' a year ago or so.

However the implementation of something like this has more than two sides; Do we want toribash to be largely opener dominated "again"? Does this hold gameplay value to such an extent that it outweighs the current "fair system"?

I'd say this would be a nice addition to some mods, have they players for the first 3 turns make moves, then be teleported to the standard starting positions where they fall down to the ground, and then the game starts.

However, this can be done withy mods, so I see no great reason for a client change.