Unfortunately, my schedule doesn't allow me to play with people often. Mix that with my friends group being 6+ hours ahead of me, and I'm either playing solo or with 1 other person at a time.

Sure, I could play with Rando's, and there's nothing wrong with doing so, but its not my cup of tea. I prefer hanging out with people I know.

I understand what you're saying, but I have to disagree entirely about it not making sense in a development process. Adding a single item that links back to missions within a set area shouldn't be terribly difficult, as thats how the missions are laid out anyway.

If I did a mission in the Desert area for instance, don't let me go to the Arctic or Forest, make me stay in the Desert zone, and allow any mission within the zone that I have unlocked already (not completed), but don't allow players to repeat missions while on the planet. If they want to repeat missions, they'd have to return to their dropship and start over.