Is it just me, or did Thief Pot in NLC got buffed slightly?

Sniper Pill + Avoid Pill > Sniper Pill + Bowman Elixer.

For us cheap bastards.

Not exactly. Being cheap in this case is probably a worse idea than forking over 5k for a Bowman Elixir. For me, the difference between having +10 avoid from a Dexterity Pill and +20 avoid from a Bowman Elixir feels really noticeable. I would roughly get hit ~5 times less than with a Dexterity Pill per application. It may not seem like a lot, but what if we take that avoid and apply it to level 90+ monsters?

5 x 1.5k = 7.5k mesos worth of HP saved each time. In essence, the Bowman Elixir already pays for itself by preventing future losses from taking damage. The thing is not that the Bowman Elixir is expensive, but preventing future damage enough that it already pays for itself.