I don't think that this will lead you anywhere Cojo...
I understand your frustration but what do you expect ?
GMs (a reduced developpement team with all its good will) can't foresee what change they will make in the future. Things have to evolve for the benefit of the greater good.
In few months, cleric will have their epic's npc drop 75-100% of the time the item they want VS around 5% now. I did 3 cleric epics and one shaman (working on second) among the first people here. Will I complain and compare how many hours it cost me VS how many hours it will cost in few months ? No, I will be happy for them and I will be proud of me because I did it "the hard way". I can name you tons of cases like that, and other people on the server can too, and I guess you can too.
You should see things the same way because indeed, you made it the hard way and you deserve a congratulations for it. Never had the patience to do it. Maybe I will now *shrugs*
Oh and no, things are not always getting easier. Just can tell you that DSK3 is still 25k, Chaos is still 15k and HoH boss aren't dropping symbols, and you can only buy them at such a high a price. Did it change ? Yep, before HoH boss dropped symbols and it was better to me, but hey, that's life... Good for those who don't need symbols anymore, too bad for those who need now (opposite of your Fordel gem).
Gms are just making things evolve. Why are they doing it now and they haven't done it before ?
1) They had other stuff to do, more important stuff.
2) Not enough people have publicly or privately asked for a change. I personally haven't seen anything public about it and I have never asked it privately because to me it didn't deserve them to think about it.
3) Solar system planets weren't forming a V and a L in the blue sky. (was tempted to add a heart but I thought it was too much

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Jokes apart, really, you shouldn't feel that angry. And anyway, saying that way will never (I think) make you have what you are seeking.