Well this is just your typical FPS player not quite getting the whole dynamic at hand here. One's ability to perform well in an FPS game is so stupidly meaningless in actually affecting things in EVE it's not even worth considering as a factor. Oh you killed the enemy and captured the Skyfire and blew up some EVE ship in orbit? Woo......no one cares. People lose ships all the time in EVE, and although it can sometimes sting, its just the cost of doing business. Blowing up some ship in orbit will change very little, it won't cause a shift in power, it wont take out an alliance, it won't do anything. Your ability to shoot people on the ground means nothing.

Like someone said before, FPS ability has nothing to do with your cunning in the meta game. You can come riding in here on your ego horse and act like you're going to outsmart the EVE players because you can shoot people in the head...let me tell you, they will devour you. Non-EVE players are joining the game late, and everyone that's been around in EVE for a long time is going to put all of the new players to shame if they go showboating around thinking they'll make a difference.

Is EVE ready for players like protoman and BAD FURRY? Truth is, they don't give a ****. They are ants on a rock, and as individuals they are of no consequence to EVE in the least. All the EVE players care about is how they can use the Dust players to make a profit. To them, you are just tools and a means to an end.

Personally I wonder how many Dust players ARE EVE players. And more to the point how many EVE player Corps are extending an arm into Dust. FW is growing (and CCP has plans for it to become even bigger) plus there's the eventual rollout into Null Sec. We've already seen Goons on the Dust boards, I wonder how many others (tho honestly Goons is big enough to have an impact regardless).

Ask Test Alliance or Goonswarm. Some of them seem to care.

Is 24 the new "old"?

Was looking for this:

EVE Size Comparison: Gallente Edition

Just as an aside to put ship sizes into perspective for Dusters. I'm not sure if they have released information on just how big the War Barge is yet.

Personally, I see a lot of chesbeating and talking past each other from both sides of the EVE/DUST fence. I suppose that makes me on the fence, since I play both games.

It is still my .02 that the norm will become alliances who have both DUST and EVE corps under their banners, as well as corps who have a combination of both - in order to coordinate their efforts with an integral fleet and ground arm. essentially having your forces 'in house'