To be clear, I won't pay $800 for swaro or Leupy glass at this point. While Swaro glass is superior, my z3s and the $1k+Z5s have had Leupy like tracking. The thing I think is being missed on tracking is it's not like it takes huge $ to design a fix. Only a recognition that it's worth it. Leupy simply has declined to address (at least in the mid range price levels). Nikon was able figure it out and keep good optics at essentially the same price point with the Monarchs. To suggest that tracking couldn't have been fixed over this many decades without doubling prices is laughable. There was a time when various-x-III were the gold standard of value and features. Leupold simply chose not to improve that which could readily have been improved. You need look no further than what tracking is offered in SWFA entry level scopes. While I don't know the specifics of the erector assembly costs, its hard to imagine there would have been an actual $30 cost difference.
