I'd say a big I object to that... The reason is that our dear TC gangs have a coupla hundred spare BAs at the moment, therefore the big I Object to that... You gotta admit, I'm right, right?
maybe untradeable, undroppable, repairable only at the BOS bunker, 1 per character, you have to be part of the paladin caste: rank 4, no point in making really massive requirements to craft the PA, It ain't overpowered if it is restricted to RPers, in fact, it isn't overpowered at all when you think about it really, all armour can break, won't take more than 2-3 minigun butsts to bust it up completely anyways. we got AP ammo, and crits to bypass it anyways, the only thing it will protect from would be the LSW, the favourite weapon of Player Killers.