Well, you're mostly right on some stuff. Jake has actually, to my knowledge, been alongside many pilots. I've dueled him a few times, twas good fun.

The next part comes down to opinion to be honest. My personal opinion is that there is no best, the best implies to me that you have no more room to improve. There's always room for improvement.

I don't normally get involved in these types of threads, seeing as the only valid opinion I'd have is towards ADS pilots. But I'm going to list some of my favorites:

As far as Python purist goes, I'd say that in this regard there are a few that jump to mind:

Sir Snugglz: Hands down, he's usually a better python than I am. He's my favorite duel in the python category
Parthok: I haven't seen him in a rail inky in.... I'm not sure if I ever have. I'd say that we're about toe to toe on that.
Demandred: Despite the amount of crap he stirs up in the WR, he's really very good. Great pilot to fly with.
Shepard Grey: From what I hear, he flies and FC's at the same time. I've done that, it's not easy.

As far as Incubus pure goes, I'd say these guys should get mention:

Shamarskii Simon: Not well known to the PC community, but if he got in PC as a rail, he'd cause quite the devastation. He's also my favorite duelist in the rail category.
White Lion: He's definitely my favorite bodyguard in PC whenever I flew with rockets.
Jamaican Kid: Highly annoying rail, and one hell of a fighter.

There are also the hybrid category, fighters that can perform both great:

Lions-Fan6888: He is probably my favorite wingman to fly with. Played with and against him many times, can attest he's hard to kill, and when we fought together, we usually went toe to toe on scores (if we were running same role).
Quasar Storm: Chilled with him once, reminds me of me, but Canadian. Amazingly annoying pilot/tanker. Wish I could've dueled him more often.
Pro Tanker: He is kind of a chode at times, but he's definitely a good fighter. In fact, one of the best combos I've seen in pilots comes with him and Parthok.

i remember when i used to forge gun he had this crazy move that would throw your aim all out of Wac. KEQ ringer team could just be copy and pasted on the forums as the greatist players and that ADS spam lol.

Darth-Carbonite for ADS?

Listen up you whiny children, I heard DUST is about to get the axe on PS3 and I scrolled through this entire thread and didn't once see my name

Did I not troll hard enough? Did I not slay you kids hard enough?

I see Regnyum, Valdez, Espeon, etc. mentioned multiple times, but are you forgetting who else they ran with in ERA? The god-squad that held down compounds with 5 people when we had 12 people pushing in?

It was me, you little *****.

I doubt I'll ever get this game on PC since it's likely going to be trash since CCP can't develop for **** and has no idea how to properly balance an FPS, but let it be known, I was a top 5 player.

I didn't earn the title "Babyslayer" for nothing
ask quickgloves what he thinks about my trolling

Id honestly consider myself (Gavr1lo Pr1nc1p) to be one of the best minmitar/shotgunners in the game at a certain time. But thats just me, and it was a long long time ago..