The fake classic gangs died out though. I just think it would be weird and annoying to be reading about stuff that is happening on era while on zone and vice versa. Especially with me being a staff member, I don't really want to hear spam about events on era when I'm trying to do something on zone if that makes sense.
Also, it makes no sense to themes. Why would you be able to talk to people in the 1920's while in the future? Why cant we talk to classic people in the same manner? It just bugs me when things don't make sense. As well as the fact it's not really needed. Just my personal views I guess. Zone is zone. Not era+zone. Wish it would be that way.
As far as things to do with your squad we have missions that squads do together. I am not sure if there will be a basing type of thing. There never was on PC. Of course with zone being the galaxy, we can always "discover" a new planet that allows this. A planet full of basing squads or whatnot. We plan on adding A LOT, after release. We have many ideas staked up and ready to start once our release goes smoothly.
As for items/weapons. It's the future. We aren't limited