This is also not a lot of other games there is much to learn from EVE.

/Facepalms

Please take a good HARD look at the Dust 514 logo located on the top-left corner of this page. Tell me. What do you see above the word "DUST 514"? Eve, right? Does the game's lore match up with Eve? Yes, right? Does the game have you play as one of the four major factions of New Eden? Yes, right? Now take a look at a number of corps around here. Take a look at my corp, Dust University, and notice how many Eve characters you see in the corp. The same goes with all the other major corps out there.

Will we have a complex market in Dust just like in Eve? Yes.
Will we be able to scam each other and run complex ponzi schemes without getting banned by CCP? We can already do that.
Did the first beta testers for this game consist mostly of Eve players who got free early access to closed-beta? Yup.
Do we have a player-run council that is soon to become just like that of the Eve Online player-run council? Yup.
Do you see extreme metagaming in Dust just like in Eve? Yup.

Case closed.

Actually, you made no sense at all and you missed my point. Dust has everything about Eve coursing through its veins. Dust, according to CCP, will just be a different window looking into the same universe that Eve players are in.

Besides, CCP is the final authority on this and if they feel (maybe 5 years down the road) that maybe tieracide in order, then they will make their choice not only based on player feedback but also on the data they collected from how we use our items in the game.

Let's also not forget that it wasn't until well over 7 years after Eve Online was released that it finally underwent a tieracide. Therefore you have 5-7 years of tier-based fun to enjoy in Dust if the same pattern is followed.

Actually, I don't think YOU understand tiericide.

Not 1 plasma rifle (that's stupid)- many plasma rifles with different stats. Like how we now have vanilla, breach, tactical, and burst- only more variety.

But yes, not having any weapon be blatantly more powerful than another is the main idea.

Simple: make skills more meaningful.

Don't get me wrong... I think it would be great. I hate the fact that prototype gear is the only gear worth using and I have to grind for weeks to unlock each prototype piece but I just don't know how you would monetize.

There are ways I'm sure. Like having each level be 5% more passive power to item x and a aurum item that is 25% flat with no skill mods etc.

Just saying... the game was built around an aurum monetization model that capitalizes on these tiers... it'll be years and year before anything can really be done.

But hey... if they keep vehicles the way they are (no tiers) then they could eventually do the same to dropsuits and weapons, its not unheard of or impossible.