As a schismatic from the Church of Vim, I’m compelled to recommend kakoune here. Unless you’re running in a peculiar legacy platform like Windows or Amiga, the selection oriented editing and smooth Unix integration are a delight.

I've considered it from time to time. The conclusion I keep drawing is that, if I were going to benefit from a selection-oriented editing paradigm, I would use Visual mode more than I do.

The multi-cursors, those I want. But I'm willing to wait for Neovim to get them.