If that squadron business can be used as makeshift "guilds" that would be cool.
I've always been annoyed to say the least at the focus the devs did put on combat in Elite. Maybe that pleases the gankids, but it's boring real fast (yes, more than mining!).
No more pastel marshmallow planets, new mining mechanics... space anomalies and other "secret stuff we won't tell you about" for exploration.. looks like a new game to me and not a minute too early
I wish they had announced space legs, even a very limited version like, aimlessly walking in your ship, and in your station hangar, maybe some kind of cantina business to chill at CGs instead of screaming from pad to pad.
That reminds me that they could also simply add things that have been surprisingly left aside when they introduced Multicrew (another one stupidly made combat-exclusive), like sharing SRVs, giving the helm to someone else etc... But well, Multicrew is following the same parth as CQC. I have yet to find a seat in someone's ship