I would like for CCP to focus on getting certain things done that have taken from the appeal of Dust not only for those of us that are active, but also for those who have tried the game out and walked away. I want to get most of those folks back and I believe my set of priorities for the game would benefit everyone involved. This is based on my opinion, I do not know what CCP is working on or where their priorities lie, but I believe the following should be core among them:

Priority #1: Newcomer friendliness.
We seem to lose a great deal of potential Dust addicts for the simple reason that there is a steep learning curve that involves learning from mistakes what should be painfully obvious. People do not know what weaponry is suited for armor or shields of dropsuits or vehicles, for example. Implementing more detailed information in item statistics may remedy these issues. I could go on and on about that, but someone else can make a thread about it. More importantly, matches after the academy for new players are brutal and disheartening to say the least. One thing that can go a long way to making public matches more sensible is to set up game modes where players were limited to MLT and STD gear and matches where ADV were the highest gear you could use in a match.

I actually thought about recommending the exact same thing on game modes and restrictive suits. I agree with you, but it could use some tweaking, simply because some protobear could take advantage of his passive skills and gain the extra edge over the new guys, ie: proficiencies, shield/armor extender efficiencies, and dropsuit shield/armor upgrades, and not to mention that many would use this as a form of isk grinding.

Need better thread titles mate.