EVE online is the best MMO

Skills- If you have played EVE then you know how the skill system works. To actually gain perfection in a skill the skill takes a longer time to train each level you go up. New Players can quickly catch up with older players by training the lower level skills. They may not become "uber" but anyone trying to achieve that goal in EVE knows the best way is not through skills. A group of cheap frigates can take on a Battleship if they know what they are doing. A friend who started at about the same time as me was in a battleship in three months and good PvP in 5 months. addiction/subscription- Every MMO has the allure of keeping your subscription to avoid losing your hard earned character. The only way to convert that back into something is sell the character on ebay. Thats not an EVE specific problem...so when considering it for the best MMO i wouldnt say its an issue. Plus EVE is one of the MMO's i know of that allows players a secure method of paying for their subscription with in game money (isk). Only half of my time spent in game has been paid for by cash. Graphics- They only updated stations, spaceships, and a couple other things. The color banding is still part of the old graphics engine. Which will be updated soon. PvP- Yeah its not always fun...but the threat of actually losing something of value always makes things a bit more exciting. The challenge of fighting in isk is how you arm and equip your ship. What you choose to fly, who you fly with, and what you put on your ship can varry drastically depending on what you want to do. There is no one size fits all setup for any ship in eve. Gang dynamics change setup, low security vs zero space changes setup, mission running changes setup, and corp wars change setup. EVE is certainly not a challenge when it comes to shooting. It's way of being challenging is not like halo or other first person shooters. The challenge comes from having the right strategy and being able to outsmart your opponent. Backstory- touche...im just a fan of sci-fi so i guess i prefer it more to the fantasy stuff of WoW, Guild wars, and FFXI. server size- it adds a lot more depth to the game. Only one server forces people to fight over the resources on that server. This is what makes EVE such a unique game. Those huge alliances that have arisen in zero space to fight for and claim territory. No multi-server MMO currently supports anything like that. player driven economy- the people who drive the economy get a lot out of that. Becoming a regional economic mogul is just another one of the options in the game. The fact that prices drop to levels where most players can afford things is what happens in real economies. And driving down prices has meant that less isk...and therefore less work is required to fly the best ships. But your ability to lose those ships remains the same no matter how much isk you have. entertainment value- I think the entertainment gained from a game is largely subjective. But the more options there are available the more people can play the game and find it enjoyable. EVE has a huge number of options for players. There is no set path as there are in other games. EVE is a sandbox MMO with a steep learning curve. There are hundreds of ways to enjoy the game you just have to put in a little perseverance and creativity. If you want the scripted experience of other MMOs then i agree...eve is not for you.