Were elemental weapons fixed?

It's a common misconception that "You get what you pay for". However, it's not always the case. Here, you pay a lot to get a little. The price doesn't always justify the reward, and assuming it does is a road to disaster.

"It's expensive so it must have the benefit" --> Leads to bad/faulty assumptions.

maplestory never really did make sense. im sure many people run into the case where two shops are next to eachother. one shop has weapon A for 10mil. the other shop has weapon A for 15mil. but the shop with the selling for 15mil gets sold while the 10mil is unsold.

also, every magicians claims that "their magic formula is crappy", but it can still take billions to obtain extremely well scrolled magician equipment. spending billions to increase your damage by about 5k?

it seems these kinds of things revolve around reckless spending. possibly because there is no real consequence of reckless spending since its only a game. its not like you lose your house or anything.