I am not sure why some people are telling that it's impossible to play games like EVE (and possibly DU) solo, and actually enjoy it. When I started, I moved to lowsec quite fast and have lived there as a loner for almost a year, and at that time it was by far the best MMO experience I've had. Granted that later on I've joined my first corp, then eventually went on into 0.0 business, which opened up a whole new game for me, but that's different story.