If you're unhappy with this game then unsub... forever.

[Volgia]

I know another MMO that went the "git gud" route and made their pve experience needlessly complex to tickle the top %. Its called Wildstar and its dead and buried.

Isn't EVE online needlessly complex and still strong today?

[Mawlzy]

Isn't EVE online needlessly complex and still strong today?

EVE itself is arguably needlessly complex, but the PvE for the most part is pretty trivial.

It supports a wide array of playstyles, to the point market traders rarely undock.

I'm not sure it's a very good model for anything, since it is so niche, but I've just returned and it is in better shape than it was 5 years ago IMO.

Fun for that depends on how much you find multiboxing, aka multiple active accounts, is fun. Also you basically have to join a corporation (equivalent to a free company) because it makes it easier on yourself.

Having to join a corporation is a myth spread by nullsec corporations, whose main goal seems to grab new players and turn them into F1 monkeys. And while I have multiple accounts, I've never multiboxed. It simplifies some content like fleet mining and ganking, but it's far from necessary.