Not sure how you can compare ED with NMS.....apart from the fact hat they both set in space there isn't much they have in common. Having said that...although I still have fun playing ED I get really frustrated at the lack of imagination shown by the game designers in some areas. Engineers for example was a great idea totally ruined by a boring game mechanic.....how much better would it have been for instance if they had implemented a mission system for progressing through the grades of any given piece of hardware you wanted to upgrade? The mission system is already in the game so it wouldn't have taken much extra work to link it to engineer upgrades......instead of this we have to mindlessly grind level 1 sturdy mounts we'll never use just so we can progress to level 3 or whatever. Totally unimaginative and uninspiring game design.
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No Man's Sky had a goal, a lot of players rushed around got to the goal in no time and then? Well you can read the reviews online. The problem with having definite goals to achieve,and "end game" as it were is that once you reach the "end game" it's done and over. I am playing ED happily, haven't looked or an "end game" haven't got bored and yet I read threads with people complaining because they have a "conda", the "end game"ship and have got nothing more to do.
ED was never designed with an end game scenario, if you don't like time sinks then don't do them, do something else. The devs didn't give us a goal because goals are ultimately self defeating, you invent your own game play by using the tools provided by the game, like the "fuel rats."
What's wrong with it? I've been using it without issue since 2.0.
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