Quote Originally Posted by Ayanno View Post
1,300 Poetics(at the time) to obtain an i120 weapon. Now, you can choose to upgrade the weapon via FCoB, or the weekly CT/ST/WoD quest, OR.....you can spend 2,000 Poetics for the upgrade item. ....wait...........what?

Real world example! You go to the store to buy a new set of tires for your 30,000 dollar car. The store charges 60,000 dollars for a set of tires. Yep, your being charged double the price just to upgrade your tires, then it cost for the actual car.
Poor example. Unlike Poetics, Law tomes don't have a weekly cap and they're far more abundant. Your real world example also makes little sense. You need the tires to operate the vehicle. You don't need to upgrade your Law weapon before you're able to use it. A better example would be paying another 60k to upgrade your car to the next best model.

And you don't have to stick with just one currency to upgrade your equipment. Buy whatever item you want with whichever of the two currencies you reach the requisite amount with first, use the other currency on the next token. Rinse and repeat. At least you have the option of an alternate route now versus only being able to obtain the items via hunts before.