Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26109599-20150401042933

I've been playing BMC recently, and I noticed that past rank 3, it gets very difficult to level up any book. This led to believe that the amount of EXP needed for completely upgraded books of every kind in completely unreasonable. Here's why.

It's all about the math. In a normal Monkey Knowledge Pack, the percentage of common cards is 60%, uncommon 30%, rare 9%, and legendary 1% (see the page on Monkey Knowledge packs for more info). Add the values of these up, and you get an average of 2470 EXP per 100 cards. This means 24.7 average EXP for each individual card, and 98.8 EXP for each regular MKP. According to the webpage on MKP's, you need a total of 630,000 EXP to completely level up every book. So divide 630,000 by 98.8, and you get 6376.5. That's how many MKP's you need to completely level all the books up!

That isn't all. The number 6376.5 (or 6377 in actuality) exceeds the number of tiles on the map by a ration of more that 2:1. So, even if MKP's dropped with every tile capture, you wouldn't even have half the EXP needed. But guess what -- they only drop one-third of the time! This means that you would need the map to be SIX TIMES bigger!

I realize that this doesn't take Contested Territory into account, but that doesn't make much difference. You only get four regular MKP's per week from Contested Territory, assuming you complete the necessary milestones. You can do the math on this one yourself.

If all this wasn't enough, keep in mind what Monkey Knowledge actually does. It increases the towers' popping power and decreases their costs...to a point. The amount of improvment isn't really that large, even at high levels of Monkey Knowledge. "Wow, I just hit level 11 for my Monkey Village! The discount is increased by a whole 3%!!" ...I think I rest my case. Is Monkey Knowledge really worth it? The answer is plainly no.

Please let me know what you think.  