Ok... they now lost me too (doesn't matter, because im pure F2P)

Increasing the Price for upgrading Gear that high is just plain stupid. Before it was just getting Gear to upgrade other Gear (and if it beginns on Epic, it will go even slower because not many epic Items are arround to upgrade epic items, Legendary... thats another question)

But now? Even crappy common gear costs more then Rare before.

Sry, but im out.