This topic has probably been beaten to death, but what does everyone think of the pricing while I see the game is free and all and no loot boxes is 40 dollars for a knife really reasonable?

I'm gold 3 and my entire team was gold with 1 silver and in this elo, players still don't understand how valorant economy works. We lost 13-11 so if team had bought in round two and won them, we could have won the game. Can anyone explain...