Dear Frontier.. when can we actually expect some real gameplay content?
"it's a big but very empty universe" - Yeah, it is, and that is not going to change with a 1:1 game, no matter how much content is added.
"Should be a hardcore game" - what does that even mean?
"Everything should matter" - Currently everything in the game, does matter, because of BGS, and last I checked they do 'care' npc's that is, because they treat you differently if you are considered an ally?
"animated portraits" - really don't see the benefit, but with models being refined for 2.3 for character creation I see this coming down the road.
"more interesting missions" joining a war, is basically what you do when you join a conflict zone mission or similar, when you are hired to hunt down pirates and whatnot?, as for the freelancer example, the npc's were very generic when it wasn't related to main story, so while a great game and it has aged well, I would say elite has more then that, the difference of course, being they aren't voiced, as for npc's talking to eachother in freelancer, that as mostly just a 'chatter' loop playing, yes it might be 2017, but voicing every single npc and such in a believable way would be impractical to say the least, and you'd quickly get people complaining about them seeming 'the same' as they do in other games. The reason freelancer felt so great was because the time of release if you compare it to modern standards, things are significantly repetitive.
"Solve combat logging" - That is not really that easy and is a main PvP concern and Elite's focus isn't PvP so it isn't on high priority. but more continual monitoring instead since a technical solution is very difficult.
"multi jumping feature" - no thanks, what would be the point of the whole thing? and for that matter when would random possible events happen? just pull you out of jump randomly? people that already dislike interdictions wouldn't be happy about that. As for trading between players, again not how the game is focused, unless players have a reason to do it, why is it needed? what would you want to trade, as in not just at times when paying someone, but actively?
"allow people to build stations" this is on the horizon, but again not a simple feature, despite how you might think it being simple, it is not, but asteroid bases are coming and those are indicated to be at least in some way player owned. Player faction maybe?
"auction houses" - nope, I strongly disagree with this, use the markets, auction houses make little to no sense, we already have several "central" hubs, but the galaxy is big, so the amount of people you actually see there might seem small, but you can be social at those locations all you want. As for jumping not being fun gameplay, I don't think getting from a to b in most any game, not even with what seems you be comparing to Eve online, is considered 'fun' so I don't know, travel is an important part of games, but rarely is it 'fun'
My advise, you are here playing Elite: Dangerous, this must at least to me indicate that you enjoy what Frontier is building, but it seems you are comparing it to and wanting to be like Eve online.
My question is, "Are you playing Eve online now?" if not, maybe, just maybe it isn't a good idea to try to make Elite into a game you aren't playing anymore, you idea's as general are fine, but saying Elite doesn't have content, because compared to x game, really doesn't say much.
In short, many of the things you mention are on the list, but things take time, just like it did with Eve online, I played it when it was still very new, and very, so very broken. So my advise, if you enjoy Elite: Dangerous as it is now, try to come up with idea's you'd like to see that are interesting rather then things that make it 'easier' which most of these seem to indicate towards? auto jumping e.t.c. because 'easier' doesn't equal more fun?
