Game doesn't even sound like it needs to be an MMO, which makes me wary. Actually, "Star Citizen-level ambition" is all that I need to run away from it.
I'm afraid I'm not seeing where this "Star Citizen-level ambition" is coming from. It doesn't sound too dissimilar to the aspirations of Sim City (2013). As for why it needs to have any amount of MMO mechanics in the first place is beyond me.