1) getting money as aposed to just getting points, which are worthless and get reset all the time anyway 2) being able to upgrade, because u can advance, unlike other zones where u get the ship and fly around, here u work to move up 3) the community is great, everyone is just chillin and flaggin and talkin to eachother 4) when u start not being as much of a newb, and u can own other newbs 5) and staff is pretty tight, even when they do abuse