The net ball was extremely broken and was the go to ball for almost every situation, the nerf was justified and well executed.
Okay then dont do pickup? Pickup shouldn't be a highly profitable mechanic since it takes little to no effort to do and has little to none interaction with players in multiplayer game.
Why is this a bad thing? Sounds like you should go farm amulet coins.
There is little to nothing difficult to obtain in this game, thats the problem.
It's at the price that supply meets demand, if you don't like the price tell the people that buy it at its current price to stop buying it. You wanted to have it at a set price in the market is a terrible idea and should never be done. There should be less items in the market and more player controlled prices.