Don't do it man, don't give up your dreams because of some random a$sh$le comment!
There are still some of us who'd like to try new some new stuff... I'd even guess we're actually the (silent) majority, forced to live under the oppressive heels of the current regime. ( jokes aside, it is a fact that this is the only decently populated multiplayer Freelancer server, although I suspect there are actually hundreds of people who replay the single player campaign every few years. Most would be willing to pay for something resembling Freelancer 2, some even hundreds or thousands of dollars .. cue Star Citizen )
I was actually considering joining your group, since the last time I tried Discovery there was no Gallia yet and I'd love to see and "discover" it through the leadership of an experienced veteran. The Glassing of Leeds came to me as quite a shock, I wasn't really expecting Alderaan level catastrophe in Freelancer universe, so kudos to the (former?) story devs for at least shoe-horning a story that checked all the famous sci-fi / sci-fantasy tropes without actually resorting to the cliché of a supervillain with a superweapon!
The new mod direction actually really interests me, with the possibility of players affecting the main storyline more. Although I haven't yet seen any major community involvement yet, except for few traders and haulers trying out the currently running events (and then quickly giving up after the cash nerf).
As for the IDs, from my time stalking these boards I got the impression that you can sometimes run a placeholder until you get enough story / support for a SRP request for your desired special ID? Maybe I misunderstood something and it's actually much more heavily regulated...
( jokes aside, it is a fact that 