People misunderstand tablets most of the time.
Unless you have lots of experience digitally drawing beforehand I really wouldn't recommend dishing out that much for one.
A tablet doesn't really make you "better" at drawing and a tablet definitely isn't like drawing on pencil and paper and they can be very tricky most of the time.
For someone who has never used a tablet before and doesn't, like, have a job doing art then I always recommend the Bamboo Fun (another Wacom brand) it's simple to use, not that expensive, and isn't very complicated.
I tend to draw on the computer a lot and still can't say that I really "need" my tablet. I guess it just makes things a lot faster and easier when used correctly.