BA prices (in General)

are BA prices supposed to be 2-4 times what I make?

They weren't before the drop system was introduced.

actually, they were pretty expensive all the time. Especially if you have an NCB.

average fight reward: ~600-650
BA price: 1321

I see nothing out of the ordinary?

You had the nub most of your CB life, welcome to none NUB CB.

Pffft

You may purchase up to 168 BA for $5,233 apiece.

As Bres states,

Welcome to the real CB. Not the artificial NUB period where everything is rosy and easy.

It used to be almost equal (not quite maybe 20-30% less) at 100% Challenge bonus, but of course, it's been reduced since. Still gives you a chance for a drop though, that won't make up much, but it's worth something.

I'm curious how the 20% drop in rewards was calculated because it would have penalized people with higher challenge bonuses more.

It's honestly still too expensive for non- bonus play. A huge decrease may not be in order, but 10-15% would be nice.

Why not the 20% that rewards were reduced by?

BA is a cash sink anyway, and I can only imagine the reward reduction was to try to limit the growth of the 'uber' weapons and armour we've currently got.