Okay yes raise weapons prices but not THAT much... 2-3 months would make the noob get bored and leave. I say increase the difficulty of well... everything. Make missions harder increase the NPC patrols and population zones to have higher difficulty scale add in the MKII version fighters and then reduce the Train's cargo to 3,500 units, and decrease its hull/shield capacity. Also lower the codename weaps a bit, but not as low as before where nomad weaps beat it all. Maybe even higher the energy on nomad weaps, or lower the fire rate. Then also maybe higher the damage of some of the better level 9 weaps. Like the Kusari Sunfury (or sun/skyblast i forget which is level 9) the Rheinland level 9 guns and make a liberty level 9 gun as the don't have ANY. Same for Bretonia.