Yeah its really bad at the moment, since mods are out and fully supported i highly suggest using these mods:

https://humankind.mod.io/NoExponentialQuarterCost
https://humankind.mod.io/simpler-buyout-costs

Credit goes the the creators i am just sharing it them.

I mean way I see it every government in the game ATM is some kind of socialism since building anything or rushing a unit costs so much money that the working class is going to live better than the rulers of the empire by forcing us to pay these insane costs.

I'll see myself out the door now.

You can try my mod BuyThis!, your gaming experience will be radicaly different. 

If you like to click on "buy", with money or pop, it's for you!

There is still a drawback if your cities don't have enough pop, so think about the best strategy.

Also, I've incorporated my previous mod NoExponentialQuarterCost inside.

Turn almost 500, with less than 200 gold income? The resource income doesn't seem right. I started a new game after the recent patch and felt pacing was a bit worse, i mean, 35 turns for a harbor or hamlet... Comparing to other forum posters my game doesn't seem so bad. Only science is lagging far behind. 

nikolaj93 wrote:

Turn almost 500, with less than 200 gold income? The resource income doesn't seem right. I started a new game after the recent patch and felt pacing was a bit worse, i mean, 35 turns for a harbor or hamlet... Comparing to other forum posters my game doesn't seem so bad. Only science is lagging far behind. 

I checked that. Harbor and Hamlet are "high cost" formula.

Basic quarter : 50 + 20* first exponential factor + FM exponential factor.

High cost : 70 + 30* first exponential factor + FM exponential factor.

Here it's the +30 instead of +20 that make the difference.

It was already like that pre patch, but we didn't noticed it in the pre patch version because overall costs was ok.

But cost of harbor and hamlet don't scale in the same way. The more you wait, the more it cost, relatively to a basic quarter.

Dayvit78 wrote:

The devs need to consider that we have FIMS... what are the FIMS for? As it stands, money has absolutely no value other than upgrading units. There's nothing else you can use it for. Opening trade routes is a one and done. Event costs or benefits are essentially zero. Buyout is never affordable. So with only one use for money, why have it? They need to give it more uses - use as defined by, "it makes sense to use this resource for this purpose because the ROI is worth it."

To be fair.... many many times in my experience can trade routes be destroyed and then you do have to buy them again. A bummer most foul.