All of this scarcity etc they’re doing right now that’s making the game a complete bore is to correct the damage they did to the economy previously. Damage that was put into motion shortly after losing the economist they had on staff for most of the game’s prior existence. And these new industry changes aren’t even likely to correct the situation.
Capitals being widely available isn’t even really the core problem. The core problem is that whoever can put the biggest blob of capitals on grid wins. Or, rather, supercapitals. Making supercapitals more expensive won’t change the fact that whoever can put more of them on grid ultimately wins the fight. It won’t make the game any better. It won’t create more content.