This review was really accurate about the things a new player would encounter, only they would start with 500k sp not 3 mil as he did. I always said Dust 514 is a back burner game, EVE is the real bread and butter.

This article is pretty spot on. I agree with you Jay also. There seems to be this cycle of one over powered weapon or suit dominating up until it get's nerfed to the point where it isn't even useable just to be replaced by another OP weapon.

Still, all of the game imbalances in the world could probably be forgiven if CCP would get on with the vision of this game. Instead of focusing on fixing everything that's wrong with it currently, an ongoing process with no real end, I think CCP should plow full steam ahead with the EVE/DUST integration. If players can SEE where this is all headed then more people will get behind it for sure. If EVE pilots can better profit from having DUST bunnies in-house they will do whatever they can to get them. On the DUST side I think players need to be able to spend their ISK on more than just perishable equipment. Planets should have settlements with more complex interaction. Player quarters should be more personalized. Everything about this game should feel more "real". Currently it feels like a mediocre arcade game with hardly any persistent qualities.

To fix the issue of new players getting owned by old players
Make DUST like Eve Online, i.e. - veterans fight in different parts of the universe and do different things because the rewards are greater elsewhere and are a better match for them.

The biggest problem I found was that older and richer players dominated public matches, which is sure to put off newbies.

I quickly ran into the horror that is the Flaylock pistol, a hand-held rocket launcher side-arm with enough direct and splash damage to kill a militia starter pack loadout in one hit. This weapon is so overpowered right now that there is a thread on the official forums naming and shaming anyone abusing it.