I think you're right insofar as memory recording and clones would not erase the fear of death - for numerous examples see the stories of John Varley.
As far as Eve goes, the simple truth is that at least 90% of players aren't roleplaying, they're just playing a space game. (This subject came up today in a discussion on the games group at work about playing female characters in MMORPGs and I noted that many people habitually refer to characters by the sex of the player, not that of the character - which just seems so wrong to me!). And maybe 90% of those who do roleplay do so on a highly simplistic basis i.e. they don't get much beyond "I'm a pirate - bha-ha-ha" or "I'm a Minmatar - die Amarr slaver scum!".
All of which said, I'm not convinced you'd find a significantly better ratio of geniune roleplayers in most other MMORPGs.
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As far as Eve goes, the simple truth is that at least 90% of players aren't roleplaying, they're just playing a space game. (This subject came up today in a discussion on the games group at work about playing female characters in MMORPGs and I noted that many people habitually refer to characters by the sex of the player, not that of the character - which just seems so wrong to me!). And maybe 90% of those who do roleplay do so on a highly simplistic basis i.e. they don't get much beyond "I'm a pirate - bha-ha-ha" or "I'm a Minmatar - die Amarr slaver scum!".
All of which said, I'm not convinced you'd find a significantly better ratio of geniune roleplayers in most other MMORPGs.