Ok with the lists people are putting up i just wanted to add my 2 cents.

Player controled crews, ok thats not a big hit because you never can tell when or if your friends are on BUT how about this

THEME PARKS

people can group up and then enter a "THEME PARK" this lets them choose there role on a ship that is in a battle vs "INSERT RACE" Engineers can repair things in real time, medical personal can heal wonded caused by explosions tatical handles targeting, science officers for scanning ect ect ect. the only slot that CANT be controled in the theme park idea is captain.

on another note " LARGE SHIPS " there is a game out now that many dont know about called STARQUEST, its like a spin off of star trek and even though the graphics are dated the game its self is HUGE and open ended, some of you might just like to try it out. Anyway the ships in that game can be small to out right HUGE and you can walk around inside them all decorate them how you like and what not. Also you can work on the engines, weapons, shields, power regulators ect ect to make them work at over 100% this takes a lot of time to get very small bonus and can actualy damage the parts then you woul dneed to repair them :P. I had my engines at 115% in that game and weapons and shields at 110%. Also you could explore planets, set up colonies, mine, craft ect ect. and the space was huge at warp 9 would take a week or more to reach the center ( o.o.o )

im just adding this to let people know that being a captian isnt the ONLY thing that is or can be fun if done right. Also as we all know there are some hard core guilds out there that would be able to man and run a player controled ship 24/7 this option should be open for said guilds.

what we all want in this game has been done before and has actual been put into a single game but needs a large company with better designers to build on it. I just hope this isnt some hashed out POS that has a life span of 1 month wich you get free when buying the game.