SE leaves me cold though I have to admit
Usually when I'm preaching the SE gospel on the ED forum, it's about things that SE has that ED
could have if it wanted to, rather than the other things (like building ships out of blocks). SE does a pretty amazing job with space legs, for example. I also find SE's flight model more compelling, along with its damage and repair model, FTL methods, power management, etc. But I confess, ultimately it is a very different kind of game. If ED actually had all the best aspects of SE while still being ED (flying ships rather than building ships), I have a sneaky suspicion that ED would be my favorite space game once again. Ironically the best parts of SE that I wish ED had are mostly things that Braben promised during the early kickstarter days but we never got.