As has been said, this "extreme pricing fluff" is their main way of making money from the game now; unless you want it full of adverts?
It's a f2p, they need money, so they are gonna do it by using the c-store, i know, of course! They aren't a non-profit organisation.
But i don't know if you were there from the beginning? People that had retrofit ship (highest tier) it was given to them, i don't know the full story because i did my vessel away for something else, but every retrofit ship is gone that was given to the people, and now they need to pay for it (for something that they had). That is already one thing that is bugging a lot of people. But its not only that, please just visit the forums, read some threads. You will understand me and josh and probaby 89 percent of the forum over there. People that were there from the beginning, just don't feel the need anymore to come online. Log in, check duty officiers, log out. THat's the spirit with a lot of people these day i've read. I'm doing some foundry missions but i do understand them. And somehow i'm afraid that f2p isn't going to help sto. (people are buying less and less from the c-store because the prices three doubled almost) Before i get a bat'leth in my back again, please this is an opinion, not a fact! There are many people who share this too!