EVE
I think Eve is one of a very rare breed. It is a true Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. Other games with multiple servers fragment the community, and can make it a pain to play with your friends who may have already started on a different server. Role playing is integral with the game. You are your character, be it a sneaky corporate spy, or a thief, or even a miner trying to afford his larger mining barge. You need to find your own way. Set yourself some goals and go from there. Do you want to become an industrial guru? Perhaps one of the mercenary corporations is more to your liking, or maybe you want to become cannon fodder for one of the larger alliances that reside out in 0.0 space.
The lone wolf can accomplish a lot but in the grand scheme of things he will fall to an organized group. The biggest problem Eve has is trying to get players to make that switch mentaly from the far more normal MMO of the group is there to further the individuals advancement. Eve's strongest aspects are decent graphics, strong and devout community, good market and good crafting that supports it. PvE is bad, everyone agrees, but most of the conflict comes from PvP. The gap between high end players and low end players is much smaller in eve than in other mmo's. Also eve is designed so that the low end ships and players still serve an important role in combat.
