I already said this and i wil lsay again .. you guys give too much importance to visual quality, and that ruins gameplay, cause will drop fps, and not only on older pcs, many times saw players complain that fps went very down on big battles. i ahve priorities i life, like having a house and car and living life without begging money to a bank, and i'm not buying a super pc just for one simple game ... i would play this mod even if the visuals were the same of the original game ... i prefer gameplay than visuals.
second, how you want us to explore if you removed so many systems? the uncharts could look cool ... but just at the beggining and then later ... boring!! i already explored some news systems and ... why? Copernicus ... why? Why removing Nu it was such cool system ... if exploring is a feature of this game, so removing systems and making new ones that look so boring after exploring, is not a good option. too many system dead end or almost dead end! Dublin is the biggest example of it!! Even Omega 48 ... why? give us routes to travel, places to visit ... locations to look at like wreck bases or special things ... stuff to visit ... explore and things like that. it doesn't matter you reduce the system numbers because there are few palayers, if people are bored with the same system over and over again, and pass most their times on Conn or only log on if there is a event or a base siege or whatever.