Mutagen Samples, Oxium, Kuva, Discrepancies, and how players who went "Hardcore" should get Reimbursement
So, let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we? Specifically, to the initial releases of Riven Mods, Vauban Prime, and other such things. Then, let's take a look at some of the discrepancies I've noticed over time when it comes to resource costs on research and build costs and how DE has responded to community concerns.
And for everyone who doesn't have the attention span or time to read through this wall of text, the main idea/ TLDR of this whole post is basically addressed at point #4,
There are many many ways they could repair this situation somewhat effectively.
Some of which you astutely point out.
But I think the issue is that they are not interested in changing this. Irrespective of player response and reasoning, there seems to be an attitude of no backing down on this, or making any concession. The atrocious way it was handled on Dev Stream 86 (RAINING. I have a lot of words for that and none of them are child-friendly) indicates this unfortunately.
DE was doing