The next update to Star Citizen will be the biggest it's ever had. This will make or break the game and the set the pace going forward (again). If these features are implemented properly Star Citizen will have a glorious future. If we get another buggy mess, it's going to be downhill from here.
That's a bit dramatic. Of course it's going to be a buggy mess - that doesn't mean that it's all downhill afterwards.
I'm not talking about silly bugs like T-posed players or physics garbage. The current game has serious network issues that make multiplayer gameplay in the 'universe' module a huge headache, so much so that I've told friends specifically not to get the game yet. Keep in mind it's been two years since the last major network update, so yes a lot hinges on them actually fixing it.
It might be dramatic to say "it's all downhill now!" but if they don't fix it, it'll be hard for me to continue hoping they eventually will.