A lot of people are complaining Ofab armor and weapons cost to much VPs and they are pretty much worthless untill ql 300. It _is_ also easier to farm AI armors, and the huge advantage is you can always sell the armor and upgrade to higher QLs.
Now, how about if the armor/weapons could level up?
So, lets say when you start a new toon, you farm a little VPs and buy your full ql 25 outfit, then as you progress (of corse would be doing AI missions since there not that bad) you would be able to right-click the armor and for the cost of the next ql (ql50) it would cost you the amount needed for the ql 50 minus what you already spent on the ql 25. Even maybe go that far as to have it increase by grades of 1 ql instead of 25.
This would make the armor much more atractive, but still you need to put a lot of effort into it, and it doesn't seem like a waste buying lower QL.
Or, you could sell the armor back into the terminals and get ~75-100% VPs back.