Paying to get on exchanges is annoying but I feel the dev should bite the bullet and do it. Sell enough onions on nova to get the necessary BTC, even if that crashes the price for some weeks.
No rush. This gives more people the opportunity to buy at a lower point. It's about what the price will be a year from now. At least for me.
The question here is, why do I need to buy the tokens when I can get it free from Airdrop and the AIrdrop is still active
Well, you can't get it for free. Your profile was created on the 25th. So buying is the best option for someone in your situation. Just like my situation, I don't qualify others.
Also, it's technically free, you still have to put your time and effort when you wear the banner.
Another way to look at it is why buy Bitcoins at 40 cents each when you can just mine it with your CPU?