In another time, in another place, with ship mechanics that could be ballanced (they're impossible, you can only approximate due to how we shoot each other and essential differences in ship models), with a Microsoft that took Freelancer's servers on for longer, Discovery could had serious E-sport publicity for its intense PVP skill curve and various know-how nuanced arcade gameplay.
Because that seems to be what Discovery is that others are not: a meticulous blend of a sandbox RP universe and a slightly rock-paper-VHF-Cruiser-esque arcade combat arena element.
Just a thought.
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's Shipping Unions, retired from a life of piracy.)