A bit of an old thread but i didnt want to start another....
Id like to encourage anyone with doubts about multiplayer to actually go and try DMP. It is A LOT of fun, with friends or just strangers. Its a similar kind of gameplay to garry's mod. You dont have to ride on top of other peoples' creations...watching and chatting, interacting off-sync(adding parts to stations and such) is plenty of fun and very inspiring.
Also, you are all analyzing timewarp too much, you do NOT have to interact with players that you arent going to dock immediately with so just play the game as you would in SP. When 2 players are ready to interact(under 2km, active vessels), its a simple matter of the player further back in time clicking the sync button.
Not sure if this was discussed but a couple of features included in DMP add much to the experience, that is the craft sharing and screenshot sharing. Any craft a player chooses to upload is stored on the server and can be downloaded almost instantly(ready to load ingame).
Final note, I am VERY disappointed Squad seems to be giving up the promised multiplayer feature, joining the likes of FDev and Sean Murray. This was the single feature Ive been looking forward to the most.