Considering that they drown us in 50ap pots, the reduced prices are probably the best case scenario. Although it does imply you'll grind more outside of natural ap, but, autobattling 20~30ap quests isn't too much of a timesink.
Meanwhile, good lord the cross connection shop is big... @.@ I need to start prioritizing. TBF, I've got almost all the awakening materials slotted for even unimportant girls at this point, so I guess I shouldn't worry a lot.