EVE is good times... steep learning curves are good things. You'll find very few truly immature 'kiddie' types in that game. That can almost entirely be attributed to the learning curve, and the fact that those who stick by it despite the lack of instant gratification find a community fully able to police itself and weed out those types.
Apparently you have not played Eve Online, or if you do, you stick mainly in Empire space. Many of the so called 'elite Corps' contain just as many whiny bitches as WoW does.
'Kutz, welcome to the end of your life, as we like to say in E-O. This game, if you find it to your liking, will consume much of your life as the possibilities are nigh endless. My two pieces of advice to get you started are these:
1) Jump into 0.0 space as soon as you can and take part in PvP. Do this a few times, maybe more if you can tolerate it. This will teach you that nothing is permanent in E-O and that all things which can be given/bought can be taken away/destroyed in the blink of an eye.
2) If you choose to go into the Industrial side of the game instead of the Combat side, find yourself a good Corporation to join and push to be a high-yield producer. BPOs are the key to making money, and larger Corps have people to run Mining Ops to provide you with the necessary materials to make all the lovely things in the game. Mining skills also help you in gathering said materials necessary for production runs. Even if you go the Combat route....find a good Corp. It makes all the difference in the world.
Good luck out there, fly safe, fight hard, and make tons of money.
