I had great fun the day after beta 1.2 downloaded, i played with friends and we did most stuff together, USS, conflict zones, worked out how to use all the wings features, it was great.
i went online to play the next day, and we all found ourselves wondering what to do tonight, it ended up our wing leaving one by one, and then me as well.
The problem is that wings is great, but the game still lacks any depth to enjoy it for long, as always in ED, as soon as the novelty of a new patch wears off, i get bored again.
i find i have really only played this game for a few hours at a time, over a few days at a time, then stop for a week or more again. The game is still too shallow, and nothing to feel like you care about in the game world.
I have recently gone back to playing another game, now this one i can build my own section of space, build stations, supply the stuff needed or watch NPC ships bring it and unload it, i have to check my stations are working and not stopped from a missing commodity, i have ships working for me, my stations have managers with ships working for them.
There is a lot of depth in this game, i can switch on in the morning and play all day, it hooks me in, i care about my piece of space, my economy, my income, my ships. (i can watch them travel and trade in the galaxy map).
My point is, that this game makes me feel invested, and i care about my assets, there are video coms from my captain's and crew, logbook to keep me updated with everything i or my assets have been and done, if i choose to go help them and fight i can, i sometimes have to capture ships and sell them just to get the money i need to finish a station, Elite dangerous does not have anything close to this yet, it is just prettier.