Even the planetary conquest portion of DUST that could be considered its most MMO-esque element has been abstracted into a series of instanced and scheduled 24v24 battles.

Before the official start of the battle at the reinforcement window, both sides could engage in small scuffles to take over or defend those hostile structures. The pressure would then be on the attacker to commit to vigilantly watch the battlefield around the clock rather than on the defender.

One of the main complaints people have with DUST 514 is that the expense of losing vehicles and prototype dropsuits arguably makes the game pay-to-win. While that may not be entirely accurate, it's true that rich players can afford to waste their ISK spawning tanks and running full prototype loadouts.

DUST 514 could be adapted to employ a similar system, adding strategic value to certain control points or pieces of capturable infrastructure by giving each one the ability to spawn free items of a particular type during the battle. Being in control of a factory building might let you deploy free light tanks; a cloning facility might make prototype suits free of charge. Losing these important strategic points during the battle would then effectively increase the cost of spawning those items, but a rich corp wouldn't have a massive advantage from the outset.