Hey, rollercoasters are fun. Maybe they can get the trade lanes to do some loops. But I think they did it for simplicities sake, imagine trying to explore a system, it would take you days. A base could be up, down - left, right, either - or. It would make it very confusing too find new things like that. You would need a new navmap for sure as D7 wouldn't be enough information to pin-point a location.
i think the biggest downfall is not being able to change servers with your character
Wars not about whos right its about whos left