Okay, there was some hate in that thread and your team believes in hopes that the mod will gain new "fresh" members. That is good faith! However, how many people do you, your team, believe is still interested in playing Freelancer apart from Discovery mod? I mean I am all in for new mods, but the fan base is almost all is what left in Discovery. You also gonna get the same people with their nasty attitude on your servers; can't really put a stop to that ON ANY GAME's forum and it cannot be removed. Just like tares and wheat; both must grow along with each other.
But, overall, I am looking forward to your continuous hard work to your mod and hope, (no pun intended), for its release soon.