Here is the insane chart of Culture Points (each event gives you 1 Culture point in the Agora) required per TOWN (or Culture Level):
Towns/CL..Culture Points/Events Required
50...........3,675
51...........3,825
52...........3,978
53...........4,134
54...........4,293
55...........4,455
56...........4,620
57...........4,788
58...........4,959
59...........5,133
60...........5,310
61...........5,490
62...........5,673
63...........5,859
64...........6,048
65...........6,240
66...........6,435
67...........6,633
68...........6,834
69...........7,038
70...........7,245
71...........7,455
72...........7,668
73...........7,884
74...........8,103
75...........8,325
76...........8,550
77...........8,778
78...........9,009
79...........9,243
80...........9,480
81...........9,720
82...........9,963
83...........10,209
84...........10,458
85...........10,710
86...........10,965
87...........11,223
88...........11,484
89...........11,748
90...........12,015
91...........12,285
92...........12,558
93...........12,834
94...........13,113
95...........13,395
96...........13,680
97...........13,968
98...........14,259
99...........14,553
100..........14,850
101..........15,150
102..........15,453
103..........15,759
104..........16,068
105..........16,380
106..........16,695
107..........17,013
108..........17,334
109..........17,658
110..........17,985
111..........18,315
112..........18,648
113..........18,984
114..........19,323
115..........19,665
116..........20,010
117..........20,358
118..........20,709
119..........21,063
120..........21,420
121..........21,780
122..........22,143
123..........22,509
124..........22,878
125..........23,250
126..........23,625
127..........24,003
128..........24,384
129..........24,768
130..........25,155
131..........25,545
132..........25,938
133..........26,334
134..........26,733
135..........27,135
136..........27,540
137..........27,948
138..........28,359
139..........28,773
140..........29,190
141..........29,610
142..........30,033
143..........30,459
144..........30,888
145..........31,320
146..........31,755
147..........32,193
148..........32,634
149..........33,078
150..........33,525
151..........33,975
152..........34,428
153..........34,884
154..........35,343
155..........35,805
156..........36,270
157..........36,738
158..........37,209
159..........37,683
160..........38,160
161..........38,640
162..........39,123
163..........39,609
164..........40,098
165..........40,590
166..........41,085
167..........41,583
168..........42,084
169..........42,588
170..........43,095
171..........43,605
172..........44,118
173..........44,634
174..........45,153
175..........45,675
176..........46,200
177..........46,728
178..........47,259
179..........47,793
180..........48,330
181..........48,870
182..........49,413
183..........49,959
184..........50,508
185..........51,060
186..........51,615
187..........52,173
188..........52,734
189..........53,298
190..........53,865
191..........54,435
192..........55,008
193..........55,584
194..........56,163
195..........56,745
196..........57,330
197..........57,918
198..........58,509
199..........59,103
200..........59,700
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so for you Rex with 105 cities you will be needing 16695+ CPs, 16695 x 300 battle points would be 5 006 500.
your battle points are 1508229 if I divide that by 300 it would be 5028, which would be around 58 cities you have got 47% of your city slots through either festivals or olympics,
Not saying you have but if you consider on your stats above, if you had used gold for CPs
that would mean over 10000 culture points have been earned with 50 gold
that would be 500 000 gold spent
In the UK it is £70 for 25000 gold, so 500 000 divide that by 25000 = 20 then multiply that by the £70 equals
a whopping £1500 in just over 12 months on a game $2298 US Dollars,
this is not including what could have been spent on troops, ships
I am
not saying you have used gold for your slots but you can be sure others out there are, which is way to scary and in theory, the game should have a sort of gambling warning on here,
this game can become very addictive
Sirthomas the player with the most BPs in the world, has 1874611 Battle points divide that by 300 = 6249 CPs meaning 65 city slots, he has 76 so has done festivals (the free one) or olympics
so my statement
"I believe most culture points in this world are gained through the olympic games, spending gold" is nearly correct
gold spending is part of the game and will never change now, and the olympics would work out cheaper in the long run, than building troops and ships
I have seen 2x 200+ light ship nukes coming from the same city within 5 days (no names mentioned) but that is some gold spending.
I have been spending on the olympics a lot recently to get my city slots but as I have colonised a whole island 20 of the cities have not got level 30 academy so that is limiting my growth.
looking at the gold equation above, I think I need to stop doing it and have the theory of what will be will be, after all it is only a game and that sort of money is a stupid amount to spend, and so easily spent, especially considering I am in 2 worlds at present
If I am wrong with my calculations I am sorry, it wont be the 1st time, it is me usually getting things correct that is the rare occurrence
What I would love is a world that you have to pay entry for, then there is no gold spending allowed except for the advisers,
but looking on what could be spent in a world above, I am sure Inno will not be going down that route, I know I wouldn't