Yeah, I'd love more ways to impact EVE. To be honest, though, in a few years I'm going to feel so sorry for newbies to EVE Online, because not only will they have to take into account the death cliff that is the learning curve, but also understand at least the basics of DUST to fully comprehend the universe.

But you know, that's what makes it so damn awesome to play. It ain't a game with a set rulebook, and that just makes my nether regions tingle in secret delight.

So anyway, to counter this, perhaps when we're sabotaging/raiding/taking over these structures you mention, I'm guessing EVE players can destroy them? Maybe they can bombard the station and kill mercs.

Then mercs can deploy and board their ship.

Then a counterboard could be issued.

Then the ship may crash onto a planet after being blown up from inside.

Then a rescue and salvage mission may be deployed for the crew and valuable cargo.

But wait, MERC PIRATES in EVE PIRATE ships are on the way for the cargo!

Then a defense force for that rescue and salvage team is needed.

But there's another force coming to save the mercs who sabotaged the ship in the first place.

AND ALL THIS, all these events, can have CONTRACTS set on them, to recruit mercs to do that job.

ALL these contracts will cost ISK, making DUST the ISK sink that EVE sorely (according to reading, I don't actually play EVE) needs, AND DUST becomes so much more fun.

Well, I'm certainly looking forward to 2016.

2) Dust 514 players being able to affect moon mining.

Well if that player is not online to hire those mercs or those mercs are not online, etc then how does it get defended. Yes, I would say allow the player to hire mercs to defend it but its always up in the air with some corps where a solid PVE + mercs backing it up would be more beneficial to the EVE player.

(...)
Customs Office stats
Shield: 10,000,000 HP
Armor: 2,500,000 HP
Structure: 2,000,000 HP
1 reinforcement cycle (activated on shield <= 25%)
Reinforcement duration: 24 h + time until variance.
Reinforcement Variance: 1 h
Shield will be 0% after the reinforcement mode ends.
Once it comes out of reinforced mode, it will not enter reinforced again unless it is repaired above 25% shield
A POCO in reinforced mode cannot be accessed or utilized
InterBus Customs Offices have no reinforcement mode.
(...)

Notifications

When your Customs Office's shields fall below 99% you will get a notification so that you can defend it
When your Customs Office enters reinforced mode you will get a notification that includes who put it in reinforced and when it will exit reinforcement mode

Destroying Customs Offices

In the Crucible expansion, players can destroy Custom Offices in Low-sec, Null-sec and Wormhole space. Should a Customs Office be destroyed, then a kill mail will be sent to the owner and party laying the final blow.
Corporations can edit re-enforcement timers in order to ensure that any Customs Offices that are under siege can be defended at the time of their choosing.

Well if that player is not online to hire those mercs or those mercs are not online, etc then how does it get defended. Yes, I would say allow the player to hire mercs to defend it but its always up in the air with some corps where a solid PVE + mercs backing it up would be more beneficial to the EVE player.

Can you imagine the shouting matches between Eve and Dust players if there were PVE battles to determine ownership of POCOS? Eve players would complain all day about the AI being too easy, while noob dust players would complain about them being too hard. The last thing the game needs right now is more animosity between it's two components.