VO beats EVE in Gameplay, no doubt about it.
What VO needs is more crafting.

Players should make weapons, ships, and maybe stations.

Have several crafting trees- Energy Weapons, Ballistic Weapons, Armors, Power Supplies, and Ships (to put it all together).

I'd also like to see more inventory slots to customize our ships, like additional Armor slots or cargo space.

VO already has item loss on death set up, which is perfect for a crafting game. We just need crafting.

It kinda sucks to mine a bunch of ore, just to sell it to an NPC.

Maybe they shouldn't say how much slots you've got, but how much mass it has.

In that case you can choose for 4 light weapons, 2 heavy or 2 lights and 1 heavy. Or, 2 light weapons and extra shielding/extra storage for trading (for example)

I do believe a crafting system is planned.