Never liked AUs in the first place, apart from AU8 and CAU6-8 the rest is completely useless anyway. Give every ship a hull buff of 2.5 and done, make them all ~20% more expensive, there you go. Some would say this at least makes players play traders but how does this even change a thing? They're not going to provide interesting rp while doing so most of the time. Less traders = More rp-capable ships = less "Kill me, it's cheaper". Maybe piracy would suffer a little bit but caps would still be expensive enough. That ooRP money grinding for CAUs and so on was never something players did for fun and enjoyment but were forced to due to expensive stuff being required to have the slightest chance of winning against an opponent.