They're supposedly increasing enchant rates again with the F2P patch, most likely because they might put the MW Alks in the Cash Shop. Doesn't matter to me though, I agree paying real money to fail is bullshit, and I doubt the rates will be that much higher.
Also, for initial MW I don't even bother with MES. Just save up a few k gold and buy a shit ton of common scrolls, then spend a couple of hours spamming them. My friends and I all do this and just about all of us have found it cheaper in the long run, if rather tedious. Of course RNG will be RNG, but I don't think any of us have taken more than 1300 scrolls or so to MW, and it's often a fair bit less.
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