Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
I will say this in closing, Frontier wanted to create an online dynamic, so like it or not this is going to be on the front line of player's minds until it is addressed one way or the other.
Why does how others choose to play the game matter so much? Each player is offered the same freedom of choice as to how to play the game and in which game mode. Players may choose to use any or all of the game modes on a session by session basis. The online dynamic will be created by players playing in open and private groups (albeit on different scales). The fact that some players seem to require that all other players are fenced into one mode goes against Frontier's offer to us all to "play the game how you want to", so I don't expect the game modes to be separated.