Problem with most of the new possible modes is that they're not lore set.

Why capture the flag? Nuke it from orbit if it was that amarr damned important.

So you're going have to lore fit Most of these modes.

how about the gayar snipacus has a plasma dildo refinery and their ability to mass produce these plasma dildos puts the galaxy in jepoardy and must be destroyed via bomb plant.

Or

Goonswarm is holding the King and Queen of Caldri hostage and we must infiltrate their base and eliminate hostiles them and escort them back to safety

Lore is easy, I could write it in my sleep...

You don't have to fit a damn thing to lore. Different game modes wouldnt impact EVE lore at all.

Here's how to circumvent...

They are all training excercises... problem solved.

Lets move onto something that has substance.

Been a year CCP, 2 game modes, 4 maps... improve or become irrelevant.

Why wait for Dust when Defiance comes out April 2nd?

Well they do have a 300 million project with SyFy to produce the game and the show. Sooo here is to hoping that the game benefits from a larger budget and mistakes made from previous games.

Though what defines end game in something like Defiance that is always changing to keep pace with the show and in game developments? With a 5,000 level cap (which takes years to reach), your skill with weapons increase, your ego grid, and other special things you can unlock through play your end game is going to be vastly different than my end game.