#Land Expansions for Prestige Stars

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barren sphinx
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I know land expansions being uncapped has come up quite often, but typically people discuss having the gold cost increase until you reach the max. I thought it might be interesting to have the system work using stars instead, where once you reach max level a new expansion costs stars to unlock. It builds on the idea of max level being “special,” allows for max expansions, and gives high level players something to work on. Each expansion could be an additional star, starting with 1 star for the first expansion after max level and going up from there (35 stars for final expansion).

Note for any confusion: this system is a secondary idea if the uncapped expansions for gold is not implemented. Ideally, we get all expansions for gold. But if that doesn’t happen, this could be an alternative.

cursive granite
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do these stars essentially get wasted if the level cap increases 🤔

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or is this for expansions after lvl 70

undone yew
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The idea suggests that, because at max level you still don't have enough expansions, that at what would be the max level so after 70 you just start paying alternatively in prestiege. Or prestiege being the only way.

I think it's neat.

normal cairn
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Why prestige stars though? I'll get few enough of those. Just uncap land expansions and increase the money price.

peak anchor
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I dont think this is necessary at all. Just uncap the land expansions and make them go up by 5-10k gold each time until you unlock the whole map

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Land expansions are not valuable enough to warrant needing to cost prestige stars to unlock, but are quite good to uncap for quality of life as well as being able to design the base better

barren sphinx
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Ideally, yes, gold would be the purchasing power but if that’s viewed as “too easy” (at this point, most people have millions extra gold sitting around) then stars would be the next best option. They’re free to earn, and starting at 1 for the 1st expansion means that you can get 5 more expansions for 1 prestige, assuming each prestige grants 15 stars. Realistically land expansions aren’t even necessary, but it’s a nice bonus for those who are putting in the effort. Better than not having them at all 🤷🏼‍♂️

barren sphinx
peak anchor
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Not to mention it just means then that you have to reach level cap to make more expansions when in reality we should realistically be able to unlock the whole map of we have the gold for it which for non competitive players will still take a while as the current land expansion system is very out of date

barren sphinx
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By the time you’re at level cap and wanting to expand your base, gold really shouldn’t be an issue. The only reason I could think it would be is if you outlevel your base and troops. Most endgame content requires you to regularly battle and level troops, which means a pretty sizable amount of gold coming in from those battles. 100k is like… 7-8 battles? If they’re only doing that many battles then they probably aren’t looking for more room, either.
It’d be nice to unlock the whole map, sure, but for some people unlocking it is incentive to keep going on levels. If I’m someone who just wants to build a base and could unlock the whole map at, say, 35, what’s to keep me going?

peak anchor
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Thats why most games dont even have it as a feature anymore as it was more of a 2010s thing. Im fine with paying gold to unlock more expand but it should not be made to where you have to get all the way to lvl 70+ just to unlock more land expansions for an already cramped base

sweet beacon
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If Im getting prestige stars, land expansions are like the worst thing to spend em on

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Its almost as bad as paying nanos for an expansion

normal cairn
barren sphinx
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I went ahead and edited the post so it was clearer and people didn’t have to read through comments to understand