Cost for Hamlet in Bastion currently:
5000c
100 Iron Block
1000 Log
50 Pumpkin
30 Diamond block
That's fairly reasonable for making it so not too many towns form, and those that do are really active. The diamond block is pretty difficult, but if you have enough people mining for a couple days, you'll get it.
Cost for Town in Bastion currently:
15000c
500 Iron Block
10000 Wooden Plank
5000 Log
100 Pumpkin
300 Emerald Block
200 Diamond Block
100 Clay Brick
10000 Stone
15000c isn't really that bad when you've got an active town. I don't think it's that much than town used to cost anyway. 500 iron block... iron is really common, not a big deal. 10000 wooden plank and stone: Tedious, but completely doable. 100 pumpkin is easy if you have a farm, and the clay brick isn't too hard either. However, 200 diamond block is more than six times the diamond cost for hamlet. That's the equivalent of 1800 diamonds... I suppose there are that many on the map, and if Warshard resets, they wouldn't be completely gone. However, getting that many diamonds is... well, I can't think of another way to phrase it... really hard. And then the emeralds... If you don't have a village to farm, you will likely never ever get that much. 2700 emeralds!
Cost for City:
20000c
500 Iron Block
10000 Wooden Plank
20000 Log
230 Diamond Block
100 Pumpkin
500 Emerald Block
75 Clay Brick
Cost for Capital:
30,000c
500 Iron Block
10000 Wooden Plank
20000 Log
530 Diamond Block
100 Pumpkin
500 Emerald Block
75 Clay Brick
Both of these are just astronomical in terms of emerald and diamond... Kain said City and Capital will still be changed pricewise possibly, but right now, this is just so high...
This isn't the best-written post I've ever made, but I've seen a lot of others upset with these costs too. This is primarily a place to discuss whether or not they should be changed, and in which direction. Really, the costs other than the diamonds and the emeralds are okay because there is so much of that stuff and it doesn't have a use other than building, really. However, the diamonds and emeralds are really rare, and the diamonds are extremely useful in tools. The stuff you could make with that many diamonds is unbelieveable, but it all gets destroyed for upgrading your town.
People wanted less towns this map, and up until these block costs, I thought the right steps were being taken. They implemented a town cap and raised the cost in money. However, the block costs are just unrealistic in places...
Anyway, I just suggest making them cost less diamonds/emeralds.