Do we need faction/crew areas of some sort? Yes.
Do we need a playable hovercraft area? No.
The reason why is because it violates the premise of the whole game. The idea is that your computer chair IS your hovercraft. When you hit the button to login, you're sliding the jack into your head. Granted, not everyone RPs, but the idea is that the players in MxO are operatives jacked into the simulation. To create a hovercraft area in-game ruins that idea.
If you really want to chat with your crew, go into the loading area and use crew chat.
I personally think that even the loading area is screwed up. It should be an empty white room with just a chair and a computer. When you use the computer, it should bring up a menu that lets you choose to use something like the current loading area interface, or to load a training simulation including the weaponry and opponents of your choosing. Crews should also share a loading area, so they can do team training. Of course I'm getting way off-topic now, and starting to make myself sad about the stuff we should have, but don't, so I'll just shut up.
