Can you explain to me how the current system doesn't add anything valuable and why it's just a boring spell shop system?
you spent one or more slots to get one spell. done (esp. boring since the slot cost for a particular spell is fixed. spell x costs y slots.).
the value you get for spending slots is of course a spell. but thats it, nothing more nothing less. and since thats the very foundation of the system i would not call that "adding value".
just like i spent 1 or more Euro to get 1 pen. always the same pen, always the same price.
id rather have different variations of that same pen (ie, cheap - expansive), so i could add (more) value by spending more slots