balance: income_10 prestige upgrade has a disproportionate cost jump #115

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2026-03-23T15:42:19-07:00

hikari commented

2026-03-23 15:42:19 -07:00

Issue

The income_10 prestige upgrade has a cost that represents a much larger jump from income_9 than any other consecutive pair in the prestige upgrade chain. This creates an unexpected prestige currency wall.

Expected Behaviour

Prestige upgrade costs should scale smoothly and predictably between ranks. Each rank should cost proportionally more than the previous one.

Steps to Reproduce

Open apps/api/src/data/upgrades.ts (prestige upgrades section)
List the costs of income_1 through income_10 in order
Calculate the ratio between each consecutive pair
Note the jump at rank 10

Suggested Fix

Adjust income_10's cost to fit the established scaling curve for the income prestige upgrade chain.

Priority

🟡 Medium — creates a noticeable stall in prestige progression

✨ This issue was created with help from Hikari~ 🌸

## Issue The `income_10` prestige upgrade has a cost that represents a much larger jump from `income_9` than any other consecutive pair in the prestige upgrade chain. This creates an unexpected prestige currency wall. ## Expected Behaviour Prestige upgrade costs should scale smoothly and predictably between ranks. Each rank should cost proportionally more than the previous one. ## Steps to Reproduce 1. Open `apps/api/src/data/upgrades.ts` (prestige upgrades section) 2. List the costs of `income_1` through `income_10` in order 3. Calculate the ratio between each consecutive pair 4. Note the jump at rank 10 ## Suggested Fix Adjust `income_10`'s cost to fit the established scaling curve for the income prestige upgrade chain. ## Priority 🟡 Medium — creates a noticeable stall in prestige progression ✨ This issue was created with help from Hikari~ 🌸

hikari referenced this issue from a commit

2026-03-23 16:48:22 -07:00

fix: reduce income_10 multiplier to avoid 5x jump from income_9 (#115)

hikari referenced a pull request that will close this issue

2026-03-23 17:23:38 -07:00

balance: comprehensive game balance pass (#103-#123) #124

naomi closed this issue

2026-03-23 17:28:30 -07:00

naomi referenced this issue from a commit

2026-03-23 17:28:31 -07:00

balance: comprehensive game balance pass (#103-#123) (#124)

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