Star citizen will be great i think but it is still a long time off. And it's really a different type of game. In ED you have a simulated universe that totally does not care about you. In SC you have a campaign and an arcade feel, sacrificing a realistic universe.
ED is not for everyone that is for sure. There is a grind (like in EQ). At the moment you can grind by trading or by fighting and to a lesser degree, exploring. Mining is only a bare bones implementation... though that will change in the coming weeks with the 1.3. update. If you don't want to grind, you can try to influence politics. That's already possible. You can directly support factions with your actions, driving them to expand. In the 1.3. update this will be pushed to a new level, introducing super factions that you can directly ally with. This will push PvP a lot i think.
If you are an astronomy geek, ED is already a "must have". The galaxy is beautifully modelled. There are really amazing star systems with all kinds of weird orbits. Systems can have a lot of suns (although that is rare). There are double and even triple planets. Very nice planetary rings, neutron stars and black holes.
ED does not take you by the hand, it has a steep learning curve for beginners. If you like a real sandbox, try it.
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