Nobody said a new player HAS to fight in HighSec.
You can go out into the less-regulated areas if you WANT to die horribly against over-geared enemies, if you really want to.

So you can play in low/null-sec but then you are naturally disadvantaged: worst gear, not enough SP, nobody wants you because you don't have a stat next to you name, etc...
This is just like in RPG where player at lvl 3 character can't compete with players at level 30.
In FPS if you get you ass kicked is because you are not good enough but not because the structure of the game says so: I can jump in BF 3 hardcore mode, or Arma, an do well with the basic SR/AR/SMG because I have the right skills not because I have the right SP.
RPG freedom is not FPS freedom!

Plus CCP has devised a PVE system exactly because it doesn't expect you to jump in null-sec immediately: they want us to first PVE then to PVP just like RPG.
They built the game on the idea that there must be ranks in Dust and danger zones like RPG.

And the game's not trying to be a typical FPS. Is it first-person? Yes. Do you shoot people? Yes. Does that mean it's impossible, by definition, for it to NOT be FPS? Yes. Stop saying it's anti-FPS when it's only anti-convention. And welcome to New Eden.

First the important thing is how you shoot people.
Second: FPS is a genre built with certain characteristic so you can't alter them too much and expect to work.

Although, in spite of what I just said, I think they need to scale back the level of "upgrade-ness" from one suit to the next. Instead of having a sequential system where every suit has a different price and is a direct upgrade from the previous, they need to add "side-grades" where one suit has a larger weapon slot, and another has more armour, and a third suit could have an extra module slot.

Militia suits in each class could have baseline stats for everything, then there could be 3 - 5 versions of the standard suit, one of which is an "all-rounder" with small upgrades to several aspects. The others would be more specialised to fine-tune them for a specific playstyle. This all-rounder suit could then be used as the baseline for an equivalent upgrade going to Advanced, then the same pattern will follow for Prototype suits. You still get a wide variety of different gear to save up and buy, but you'll be using it VERY differently.

This happens is because Dust 514 uses another RPG element: rarity.
Militia = CommonAdvanced = Rare. Prototype = Ultra Rare.

This "instant gratification" you speak of is the bane of every society. Teaching our children patience and working toward a long term goal can help alleviate this undesirable behaviour. There might be quite a few EVE players that don't want this game. There are also quite a few who do. Regardless, I doubt CCP is going to scrap the game. So you might as well accept reality and live with it.

You mistake instant gratification with learning curve: Instant gratification is you having fun without having to learn much.
All games have learning curve but undeniably FPS are very immediate: pick, point, shoot.
it takes time to be good in every VG but here nobody nobody spoke about getting good!

I disagree totally with people saying this is not a console game. The writing is NOT "on the wall"! The game hasn't even gone live yet. SERIOUSLY?!? While I agree that the game could benifit from the added functionality that a true computer brings to the table, the PS3 is quite capable of handling what this game requires. Yes there have been thousands of keys handed out. And if you truly think about timezones and daily allowable play time in peoples schedules you would see that actually the total number of players has skyrocketed in the last 2 months (give or take). When I started beta you were lucky to see 100 people on any given server at any given time of day... Now you can regularly find 300-500 on some servers at any given time of the day.

I agree but the more I see Dut 514 the more I see a PC mentality driving this project.
The fact that CCP introduced MKB is a undeniable proof that they want to cater to PC players.

It is true that there will be a certiain amount of "player" attrition that this game will go through. Every game does. And quite frankly (no offense to them) those people who drop out for one reason or another; all the more power to them. Those that stay will find themselves a part of the first game of its genre and one that every game developer will be trying to copy. (Look up other upcoming games and see how many are copying CCP's ideas on MMOFPS or cross-game/platrform interlinks. World of Tanks/Planes and Battleships anyone?) Good ol fashioned FPS are cool and all, but they grow stale quickly with the same gameplay over and over. And they are a dime a dozen... How many CoD's are there now? How many Medal of Honor's? Personally I'm willing to give CCP the benifit of the doubt and see where this game is going before I condemn it.

No CCP din't come out with anything new: EVE integration is unique but the rests (gameplay, RPG elements, the MMO side) is not new.
Also it doesn't matter if Dust 514 it's the first of its kind: that won't matter if it's not good enough.
Bungie is making a FPS MMO and they want it to be WoW in space: if they do better why should I stick with Dust 514?
For the integration with EVE? For a inferior FPS experience?

Those of you who really think this game is going nowhere, I wish you luck in your search for a better game.
P.S. No I'm not a "fanboy"... I'm just far less pessimistic than the rest of you.

As I said Bungie is making a FPS MMO and Sony now owes Gaikai so PlanetSide 2 can arrive on PS4 thanks to cloud gaming. The search for better games will end soon.