so, weve established that devs are terrible at the games they create. my question to you devs is, are you better at being terribad at EvE, or DUST?

You have no idea the ramifications of a CCP Dev saying they're not going to skill into vehicles. That really explains a lot.

much love to foxfour, but I have to take this opportunity here to point out that you are doing it (a little bit) wrong. You're fine on not training proto suits, that's a huge SP investment, and with the suit bonuses being nearly worthless, its really not worth training the protosuit if you plan to spend significant time doing anything else (including using STD or ADV versions of that same suit). Not training proto weapons however (do at least your primary!) is unfortunate because those SP are well spent even if you don't plan to use the duvolle/freedom/boundless whatever. In other words... DAT PROFICIENCY SKILL. Basically suit bonuses are ****, the skill is a high multiplier, the weapon bonuses are always good, and they have a low multiplier.

Also, try a few Corp Battles against a top tier PC corporation, without using any proto gear... That might influence your perceptions just a little bit. And don't tell me you can't, CCP devs having hidden alter-egos inside active sov-warfare corps is an established tradition (if an occasionally decried one).