Nope, it is cheaper, at least for UK residents. We get charged the euro rate, of 119, which works out a bit over ?100. I guess steam aren't adding in VAT...
The odds seem accurate to me in the long run. The chances are per doff mission, so you may indeed end up with green item after green item, each time has no bearing on what you'll get next time. I mean, I've ended up with two very rare Mkxii consoles that can be sold for lots. I kept one, and I'm selling the other for 42M.…
You can get odds of 24/51/25, and I'm fairly sure you can get better if you have 5 resolve engineers + useful trait. I'm running 4 purp + useful trait, and one blue + 2 useful traits right now. I've spent a fair chunk of cash on artifacts, and so far made my money back, and then some. Had enough surplus credits to buy…