It was a cash grab as far as I'm concerned but those were boost I expected to have to spend money on. 80 bucks at that time ( it was 2000+ gold I think) but 80 bucks is FAR cheaper than what you had to spend for the -30% and the +2 together. Before that, I got both a -10% health and the +1 for 400 gold, getting lucky.
Yes, it was a cash grab but a company needs to make money and I was more than happy to have the chance to get the boost again.