Funny, I was thinking about this just this morning. I'd prefer the Elite universe to be its own thing with a distinctive look and feel, rather than trying to graft the graphics of another fantasy realm onto it.
However, that doesn't rule out some forms of modding. One area where this could work would be user created missions that could be submitted to FD for inclusion in the game.
DB has made mention of enriching the random mission system by concatinating missions to create a pseudo "storyline", but without implementing fixed quests. Accepting user-created modular content could be a good way to expand the available story elements and involve the community.
If they gave us the scripting tools and set parameters it could be made into a competition.
However, that doesn't rule out some forms of modding. One area where this could work would be user created missions that could be submitted to FD for inclusion in the game.
DB has made mention of enriching the random mission system by concatinating missions to create a pseudo "storyline", but without implementing fixed quests. Accepting user-created modular content could be a good way to expand the available story elements and involve the community.
If they gave us the scripting tools and set parameters it could be made into a competition.