Does my Merc Pack Scout suit BPO or the Skinweave Logi BPO we are all getting break the balance of the game? What about the SMG BPO that came with the merc pack? Just looking for opinions on this.

Alright, a new idea.
What if you could buy AUR BPOs but BPOs would start working more like they do in EVE?
Meaning you don't have automatic infinate gear but rather are just able to produce it using materials. It would cost a lot less to produce it than it would to buy from the market but it would still cost.

As for the AUR gear, what if a new mineral was introduces to New Eden which is only buyable using AUR and is required for all AUR gear. That way you could still own an AUR BPO but would have to keep spending AUR to make your gear (only less of it). There would have to be some sort of correlation between the AUR price of gear and the amount of that AUR mineral that goes into producing it so we stay balanced.

The above idea still leave the possibility of earning AUR by selling AUR gear to other players but that could be addressed easily.

Now what happens when EVE players start wanting to buy AUR gear? Will they also need to be able to trade in AUR as well as ISK? Interesting...