When laser beam become free without morph at level 1, why did the other weapons effectively get a +5 increased cost?
The level 2 weapon morph used to cost 50 for the weapon with an additional cost of 25 for the morph totaling 75. Now it costs 5 for weapon plus 75 for the morph totaling 80.
Beam laser is competitive with the other weapons and is arguably one of the most versatile and least specialized weapons. Personally, I will see little reason to morph into any other more specialized weapon when 80 metal is almost enough to buy me another Lotus turret.
If the goals were to decrease commander variations in 1v1 and make commorphing pretty much obsolete in 1v1, I think this achieves that.