2000 Mk2 Tokens for only 5 Kyrotech Shock Prod Prototype...

It's not a joke. in a resource management game, how well you do is (in significant part) based on whether or not you recognize the most efficient path to gathering resources and choose that path. 

There are almost always multiple ways to farm the same item. In the case of Kyrotech you have farming random drops from nodes, purchasing for crystals, purchasing for Mk2 currency and a few other options. 

If the game made all of these options equally efficient -- or even nearly equally efficient -- then your choices would be meaningless. 

This isn't a CG issue. 

This is a skill issue.