Advantages you could have in Dust
Core Skills (Boost base stats)
Modules Skills (Boost module stats)
Dropsuit Skills (Bonuses)
Module Tiers (MLT-PRO)
Dropsuit Tiers (MLT-PRO)
Weapon Tiers (MLT-PRO)

Advantages you can have in Nova
Tech I bonuses (boost module stats)
Tech II bonuses (dropsuit bonuses)
Tech III bonuses (slight better dropsuit bonuses - replaces Tech II bonus while active)

Which do you think has worse power creep? I'd say Dust.

I don't think you get it either.

It is WAAAAY different.

Example: In Dust, if you used a Militia suit, but had all your core skills like Armor, Dampening, Shields etc maxed, and you played against a new player using the exact same Militia suit, your stats would be different because of yours skills.

In Nova, that won't happen. If you use the same Civilian suit, you will have the same stats regardless.

Secondly, in Dust, if you progressed, you simply upgraded your skills. Period. Your armor bonuses were greater, your CPU usages were less etc. In Nova, if you progress, you can now choose module that may have a more specific usage, but it isn't a simple addition or increase. For that more specific bonus, you will lose a bonus that you previously had. It would be like an advanced minmatar scout equivalent in Nova being able to increase his knife damage at the cost of the hacking bonus. So while in that instance you would be able to be a better knifer at a higher tier, you would be doing it at the expense of your hacking ability. In Dust, you simply would increase the bonus, and not lose anything.

The reason for Civilian suits is not that you should want to use them over Tx gear, it is that New Players can just jump into the game without having to learn all about SP and whatnot first. In Dust, if you wanted to try a class, even at standard tier levels, you had to spend SP. If you did not like that style, you just wasted your SP, and you were no further along towards finding what you liked. Also, if you intended to skill in to one suit, but accidentally skilled into another, that was a mistake for life (barring paid respecs, or the incredibly rare free respec). In Nova, you simply choose a different suit.

I think you should slow down, and read through the blog more thoroughly. It is not as scary as it looks.

Update to original blog post.

UPDATE: CCP Rattati provided some clarification regarding Tech II and sharing gear between classes. Dropsuits initially start with "Fixed" slots which cannot be fit with anything outside that class's initial fit. At Tech II, those slots can be unlocked and converted to Omni slots. This allows the gear in that slot to be transferred to other classes, but it also allows you to fit gear from other classes in that slot. That being said, both classes must unlock Omni slots before they can trade gear between one another. For example, leveling an Assault to Tech II and unlocking the Fixed Shield Extender slot would allow the Shield Extender to be fit to other Classes. However, if I wanted to fit that shield extender to my Vanguard, I would first need to level Vanguard to Tech II and unlock an Omni slot to fit the Shield Extender in. As CCP Rattati put it "Both classes need to reach the same milestone"

Well the playing field hasn't been completely leveled, but the difference has been reduced significantly. Remember, you're not unlocking new suits, you're taking the base one you have and layering on new bonuses. So your T1 simply turns into your T2, it's not like you'll have a T1 suit sitting in your closet and then a T2 of the same suit sitting next to it.

So yes, each suit has all of the benefits that come before it (T2 has T2 + T1 bonuses). So there is power increase there which was similar in Dust.

However unlike Dust, the slots, hp, resources, ect. Are the same regardless of tech level. Also there are not tiers of weapons, modules, ect. So that's going to be a huge difference in closing that gap.