I remember reading about this years ago, and it would require an entire overhaul of the physics engines. The technology for that just isn't compatible with the way the game was designed.
I'm disappointed in the removal of the Nimbus, Breen and 4800 missions from the main story. Those contain elements that lead into later missions. "Installation 18" is referenced in "Shadow Play," when a mutilated corpse is found on Cirini Prime, and one of the bridge officers remarks that it resembles the bodies found in…
I really hope the bugs get ironed out completely before release, because I still remember the hell of the previous revamps, and getting automatically respec'ed whenever there was a change.
I'm attempting to replay for the Resonant set, but every time I initiate from the Sol system in sector space, I get the Disconnected from Server error.