I am currently playing on FT, rush NL25 and I have been presented with a few alternatives to FT.
I give you the contestants.

1. A big site, which offers no RB,but which has a lot of fish in it. This site has worse SW, lower traffic. It offers some monthly bonuses, but anyway less than 10% rb, overall.
2. Ipoker, where I have good bonuses, but the tables are a bit more difficult, with less fish. The SW is better than 1., so I could probably put in higher number of hands.
3. FT, very good SW, very high volume due to rush tables, 27% RB + monthly free CR membership.

Where would you play? I want to create a solid BR, I want to be bankrolled and able to beat nl100 by the end of the year.

Thanks for your input.

i would pick ft. rakeback is going to help you move up faster, also its a cushion if you ever hit a downswing/run bad.

My experience so far has been that fish beat rakeback. As for software and volume, that's up to your personal preference.

What zaiga says. 27% rakeback at FT boils down to somewhere around 1 bb/100 I guess (you can do the exact math yourself easily). If you get tables full of fish, that's much much more value.
(Although I haven't looked there in a long time, I'd be surprised if Party Poker really was that fishy nowadays.)

I would choose a fishy site,but Sharks are also many.And also bad beat~~
Rakeback are actually your own money,My bankroll never grow up due to rakeback~~~

i don't see rakeback as my own money, i see it as a way to make my games a bit cheaper to play in

Plenty of fish at 25NL on FT. Take FT and RB for the win.