I've said it before and I'll say it again. Getting the players is not the problem, it's keeping them.
Content, content, content...
You want the devs to make money and the game to grow ? Cater to the PVE people
You want more potential targets on beta/gamma ? Cater to the PVE people
You want more opportunities to grow your corp with new players ? Cater to the PVE people
PVE people need content, dynamic events, storyline missions/adventures more space to explore, different types of envirioments etc
As stated in this thread before, the DEVS catered soley to the PVP crowd and that, quite simply, failed. Let's hope a new direction can inject new life and new fun into this great game.
Just for the record, myself and my corp enjoy a bit of pew pew as much as the next guy, we just dont get all worked up about it.. epeen is for ***, real men just say GF..
[edited for my bad typing]