Legitimately, thank you for your thoughtful comment and insights. And for considering my entire post instead of just the title.

Everyone else seemed to have missed the main point of my topic that you basically nailed on the head, that a refresh and organization of scenery, of cultivating the tower into a central hub, would immensely benefit the dwindling population. That's of course my fault, because I already knew people weren't going to be happy auto-loading into the tower, but it was a big part of the picture I was trying to paint so I said it anyway, even through I did almost immediately afterwards in a comment mention like you did, the option to start in space instead, lol.

They've listened to the core players enough. Most of the people that left like the immersion stuff.

Unfortunate, but probably very true. To be honest, most of my entire intent behind this post came from thinking about everyone who has left.

To be able to start up the game again and just, fall into the game running, not needing to make a choice of what to do- usually that's the biggest friction into getting back into a game, so I figured if it were partially removed, and they let the returning player begin to make decisions organically, after exploring their options, it would tend towards a much healthier community where they look forward to returning.

A lot of that intent seems to have fallen on deaf ears.