Talk:3.0 Patch/@comment-119.56.116.218-20130816103640/@comment-4632427-20130819013633

Yes, they increased the XP cost for prestige. It's long overdue, to be honest - I think it had been at 45k for 5 stars for something like a year, after being marked up from (IIRC) 35k for 5 stars when the level cap was much lower. Rising population cap, combined with better shops and houses, means that we can generate XP faster than ever, so they have to slowly raise the exchange rate or Stars will lose value.

In short, it's not that big of a deal.