The model HAV have is a light version of teiricide. it is to demonstrate the concept of progression through fitting instead of slots. If this works out well we can argue the same be done for suits. Remember teiricide not the only theat against bpos as rattatis paint module will be tossing alot of things out the window. Hardcore teiricide would gethe rid of the three tears on platforms all together leaving one platform per role and letting skills pionts, combat skills, and fitting knowledge dominate the power of any platform rather than just being better

Which would present a major problem for APEX BPOs (and their faction variants) if the hardcore version of tiericide was implemented.

If the hardcore tiericide was implemented, the APEX BPOs and their equivalents would need to be adjusted to compensate. Remember, people bought these things because they are prototype suits with basic modules, equipment, and weapons. If fitting knowledge, skill points, and combat skills because the principle factors of any platform and APEX suits are reduced to the same tier as other suits, what change would be possible to compensate the owners of the APEX (and faction) BPOs so they wouldn't feel cheated and still like the BPOs they have?

But you're basing that argument off of one suit with a specific role compared to other APEX suits with different roles. Also, scouts are not HP focused.