These changes are made, mainly, because everyone should be able to wear joint textures. No sense on making them luxury, at least 128x128 joint textures now are accessible for more people.
Also, if you still think that these prices are high enough or you can't afford them, I suggest you taking a look to this event, where you can win these spicy 512x512 joint textures!
Enjoy!
works best, one could also argue that quicksilver works just as well, but not perfectly. The force is already in toribash. just make it view able while ingame/creating replays. The color difference between pure and default is enough to screw up a set.