Uncomfortable truth: the (most likely) upcoming MF nerf will not make it easier for you to afford high end gear.
There are tons of people asking for MF nerfs, or a change of the economy in general, which is fine. But often it gets justified with many people being priced out of high value items, and expecting this to change, but it won't.
Prices of high end gear and chase items are, and always were, based around the performance of top tier blasters. The overall amount of raw drops doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter if high end players make 300ex per hour and you 30, or if they make 30 and you 3. The relation stay the same, and so will the relative prices.
So if you expect for prices to get better, temper your expectations.
That being said, they should absolutely find a better balance where MF and tablet stacking isn't mandatory to get to a satisfying level of currency drops.