"That's just not true. In vanilla Freelancer, whenever I was told to meet x-person at y-place, I had every option of how I got there. If I went off the indicated route, the game automatically calculated a new route from my current position."
That IS true. I believe he is talking about the time between when you earn enough to trigger the next mission and your told to meet someone and the actual meeting where you are required to accept the next mission. You can use as much time as you want and meet when it suits you. Once you meet and accept the mission, your locked onto the rails so to speak until the mission is completed.
