Quote Originally Posted by Havikz View Post
It's literally the exact same cost.
That might be true, in terms of actual cost, but the cost of needing to spend 10,000 echoes on 4 essences that came out 2 patches ago and are absolutely needed, vs getting some corruptions from this patch (which are also very much needed) makes the catch up mechanic even longer.

Raising the echoes cost for essences just seemed un-needed.