There actually is a pretty short list of things that really need to be achieved by NC:R to get it to work in descending priority:
Sort out the Cheats/Hacks/Exploits
Sort out the Netcode
Return to NC1's faction system
Do some people just not understand that porting Neocron to a new engine means that the current netcode and hacks are irrelevant?
Also, isn't the current faction system about the same as NC1?