There is a huge difference between figuring out what the best balance of stats is for min-maxing compared to the actual exploration that takes place in EVE. Seriously, it's no comparison.
It took vary little effort to understand that eve wormholes are mass limited the popup even tells you when they are about to destabilize due to traffic. On the other hand figuring out the cap recharge equation was significantly harder and far more useful.
If anything the difference was fewer players cared about wormholes and people where far less interested in sharing info about them.
