15k armor in Elona

While 1.5k armor in elona has been changed for the better by making it 1k so that we can inscrip them without much change in money loss from the first few campaigns, I went to go buy some 15k pieces today to find that they really were still 15k 0.0

As if the cost of buying the elite materials and the armor itself weren't enough, now we have to pay the full normal cost for some already made 15k and then outfit it with our own mods at even higher prices? I find that weird. And annoying, since it's pretty hard (for me anyway) to earn money now more than it has usually been, and insignia prices are still floating around randomly too, so it just seems more safe to me to move it down to like, 14,500 or something. I don't see what it would hurt.

Well you don't need 15k armor. The point of 15k armor is a money sink, they made armor 1k instead of 1.5k because that is armor that should be accessable to everyone. Think of 10k armor as the new 15k and 15k as the
20k armor or something. It is fine.

There was 20k armor?

When?

Where?

Why did I never get the memo?

Ancient is 10k.
Primeval and Elite Sunspear are 15k
And Vabbian is 5k+Rubi&Sapphire (The more expensive thanks to current price of gems)

They are all considered 'ascended' and you don't need to but them.
You pay for them just for shows.