The people were/are what make it fun. FV loot rules make or break a TLP now, because people realize how fucking ass nodrop really is and don't want to deal with that shit.
X-Wing and its xpacs were legit. Same with Tie Fighter. Being a part of the badass space battles was a dream ever since I saw Star Wars in the theater.
Privateer was the only other space sim I really dove into.
I'm actually hoping the game goes well, but I am a realist as to the chances of that happening. If the devs get their cranial rectal inversion cured and start making some intelligent design choices it will significantly increase the chances of the game succeeding in the long run. If they don't...
The poopsock brigade can, and absolutely will, lock down entire zones if that's what it takes to keep the door behind them closed. You can never give players the power to control the game experience for other players, because it will 1000000% be abused to fuck and back. And the players they shit...
The creepy guy who got booted was a key element in the writing room. You can't boot someone like that and expect the DEI hires to pick up the slack. CN and AS have really gone downhill over the past decade. But they brought it on themselves.
It's not something limited to EQ. Any MMO that didn't instance fell prey to the same shitbag players that clamor to keep instancing out. It's a soft PVP mechanic that lets the nolifers take a big old shit on the casuals in perpetuity. You either have to instance or let everyone who tags the mob...
Always assume the worst when it comes to corporations. You will usually be right and only be scratching the surface of the horrible shit they are doing. They are entities literally born to service the infinite depths of human greed and depravity.
MILF is about moms with older children that their friends perv on. I mean, Xena was just straight up hotness. Did not look like a mom at all, but good on her for starting young.