As a relatively new player (but a long time lurker / follower) of Freelancer modding communities I am glad to hear that any kind of change is coming, as I feel it is something that Freelancer/Discovery needs if it wants to step out / survive into this new decade.
Also, in case it went unnoticed, the team might want to try contacting some guys still active at the-starport.net, they seem to have some interesting new ideas, and they might be even willing to share some stuff, for example: https://the-starport.net/freelancer/foru...t_id=64651
And finally, as a new player who is still learning his role-playing ropes I would really appreciate if Discovery had more PvE stuff available, and some of the more boring stuff overhauled (e.g. mining by shooting floating rocks). As for the exploration gameplay I feel giving some power to the community to produce stuff worthy of venturing in the unknown could only help the team focus on the more important matters (for example, player placed wrecks could be encouraged by an official process/system, and not only as an unofficial event).
In any case, looking forward to the new ideas, stories and content from your new team and I wish you good luck in achieving your goals for 2020 in spite of the current chaos unfolding around the world!
