Building off the suggestion people have had of using Mars as testing area, what if it was used as pre-MO training/prep?
Combining a couple of things people have discussed, one being a suggestion to have Mars be used as a “training ground” or practice area to test out weapons and stratagems, and the other talking point being people’s complaint that there's seemingly a lack of dev's testing new content before it’s released to the public. Having Mars be a “training facility” could solve all of that.
It would fit the lore to train soldiers for a new upcoming MO/objective, people could test the mechanics of a mission and play a simplified version of the actual upcoming new mission type (or better yet, it could even be the exact same mission they're planning to release, just pretend we’re wearing VR or something for lore/immersion).
I think this would be a win/win all around. Players get the chance to practice with weapons and stratagems, and devs get to see players test a new mission type to see if any tweaks or adjustments are needed before the MO actually goes live.
Just an idea piggybacking off what other people have suggested, but I do hope we get some sort of a ‘practice area’ at some point.