On topic, I never have played EvE online or any other game that you need to pay monthly just to get online.
As for the condition of RP in Disco. I think that part of the problem is that players want the things they want and they want them now. Take Base building, so many bases are OORP built. As in, how does a group far away from Cryocubes and in a faction that has no contact with the Gallia get Cryocubes for a Base build? Easy, make a throw away character/ship and haul haul haul. No rp with Gallic Smugglers, no set up of diplomacy to get the Cubes, No rp as to how you got the JumpCoordinates to get the Cubes. It turned into a race where all that matered was how fast somthing gets built, and the background RP for it is non existant. Part of the problem, I think comes from the large number of players that do not have a firm grip on the English language. Part of the problem is people do not know HOW to RolePlay, with most people just doing the necessary motions to pewpew and not get sanctioned. The quality of RP is a reflection of the players playing, and not the game itself.
