1) No. I don't play any more. I do, however, play Dota and CS:GO, on occasion.
2) I lived in wormhole space. You're describing null bloc fights.
3) You're describing null bloc fights, again. We would get multiple fights per day. More than we could reasonably take, really.
4) The thrill in Eve, for me, is that is takes skill to pull off anything noteworthy. It's like a 4X version of Dark Souls, with the multi-person coordination requirements of a MilSim.