Do the Den caches really need to be 10x more expensive than they used to be?

I get that some scaling happens, but seeing pale mark prices that are 10x what they were last season seems ridiculous, especially given how the gear is just pretty lackluster overall. Bugs, too, which is annoying. Buying up caches indicating they have a new or aspect upgrade, opening it up and it containing just old stuff. The Den used to be solid for gear but man, this is kinda depressing now.