Did you even look at what you signed up for?

Seriously?

If there's single player, we've been lied to...

Name one MMO that has single player content, and I'll name one that doesn't. I can guarantee you'll run out first.

Content that CAN be done solo, but also allows for co-op play doesn't count. By the way, the "Rogue Drones" mode will probably be playable solo... although that will probably be an incredibly stupid idea...

CoD, BF3 or whatever else other example you want to bring don't live in a persistent world. They aren't tied into any other games and aren't constantly changing due to PLAYER ACTIONS.

So no. Your example is invalid.
And btw, they aren't good examples of an MMO. You want an example for an MMO, try World of Warcraft. While it's far from the same as EVE/Dust, it's the closest thing I can think of.

Not to be mean, bud, but the definition of MMO doesn't change by platform. Proper MMO gameplay doesn't happen very much on consoles, but that doesn't mean any game with lots of players automatically qualifies. If you WANT to limit yourself to console games only, and actually use a legitimate definition of MMO, you have Tom Clancy's Endwar with its Theater Of War online mode that counted as MMO with single player as well. On the other hand, I have DCUO, Free Realms, and arguably Playstation Home, as well as the few browser-based ones that actually run in the PS3 browser.

But just for fun, I'll play along with your delusion, and pretend that you can actually count CoD as being MMO in spite of how obviously failtastic that attempt at logic was. Because most MMO expansions result in more change than most CoD sequels, I think it's fair to treat the series' iterative nature as making it a single example with a series of expansions. As a result, I only need one example to counter that, as per my previous challenge to you. DCUO has already been brought up, so lets run with that. It's your turn. Good luck.

Oh dear. Oh, how you completely fail to grasp the concept of the integration with EVE.

There will be a story. Whether you join a merc corp or a corp in a sov holding alliance, you WILL be fighting in a war. Join the goons? You'll want to fight for your territory. You'll fight, and in doing so, will generate a story AND change the course of EVE. For example, AAA and Goons get into a war again. Both hire mercs to fight over planets, but the Goons bribe the AAA mercs to not fight, and cede control of x number of planets to the Goons. That puts AAA on the backfoot, since they won't have anyone on the ground fighting for them.

This could lead to the downfall of an empire. What greater story do you want? This is the same in EVE. Player-generated story, with massively addictive goodness.

1. I never said it wouldn't be a good idea to have content that can be done solo. I think it would be a bad idea NOT to include that content.

2. I've never played EVE, and only rarely played other MMOs, and I've been at least partly a console gamer since PS1 era, so no, I'm not saying what I said out of some preconception that it worked for EVE so it has to work for a different game set in the same universe.

3. I didn't start this argument, you did, by claiming that a lack of any PURE solo content would cripple the game.

4. EVE doesn't have single player, as I said. Neither does WoW. Both games give players missions which don't NEED other players, but they don't have any ACTUAL solo content.

5. EVERY good game in history has loads of story to it? Ever play flOw? How about Flower? You're welcome to try and convince me there's a story in Street Fighter, and last I heard that was still well-regarded. How about something a bit more... EVE-like in terms of scale though... Frontier: Elite II. Amazing game, single player only, and the story is literally no more than "congratulations, you inherited a spaceship. Have fun."

I'm all in favour of co-op missions that can be completed by a single player with noob gear.