I've played and worked on EB for more than the last two years. Don't have much time for other mods, but I can't imagine playing vanilla for sure at this point. If it wasn't EB then it would be RTR or Rise of Persia or something else like that. One reason I keep working and playing on EB is that I want something that I can keep playing as all the different factions for years to come, and I fully expect to do so.