The following is a strategy for getting the most out of your GPT trades with the AI.
Have you often been in annoying situations with the AI, wanting to sell off a resource, but getting only a pittance in return? Is silk
really worth only 3 GPT?
It turns out that the AI also values these resources more than they are paying, but are limited to only giving away as much GPT as they are currently making in profit. One of the most striking features of this is the fact that the AI always seems be willing to trade all of its availiable GPT for your goods, whether it is 1 or 5. How would you like to make 7, 9, or 12 GPT regularly
per resource.
Well now you can! All it takes is a little patience, and plenty of extra goods, and you'll be in buisiness.
The primary limit on an AI's GPT trading is simply the size of their positive cash-flow that turn. There is a secondary limit based on how much they like you, but you don't often hit it. In order to trade as much GPT as possible with the AI, you have to make sure that they have enough GPT to cover the transaction. How do you do this? Subsidize them!
Subsidies: If you gift GPT to an AI in negotiations, it will (as you might expect) raise their GPT in turn. Gift an AI GPT in small increments until their Available GPT stops increasing. You have just determined their trading limit, and they will now be willing to buy resources off you at top dollar.
Here is an example scenario:
Suppose I was trading with the Persians, and they are listed as having 4 Available GPT.
- I gift them 2 GPT, and their Available-GPT rises to 6.
- I gift them 2 GPT again, and now their Available-GPT rises to 7.
Where did the money go?
They are simply not willing to trade at 8 GPT; their limit is 7.
- I now sell them Furs for 7 GPT, and now their Available-GPT is at 1.
- I gift them 7 GPT, and their Available goes to 7.
- I sell them Rice for 7GPT, and their Available is down to 1 again.
- I see that I can only sell 1 more resource to them, Silk, and so I gift them 6 GPT. Their Available is at 7.
- I sell them the Silk for 7 GPT, and call it a day.