Trading question

[dalgo]

The maya will give me all their cash, 2 lux and gpt for a tech. My question is - if I take the lux and gpt is it more likely that they will attack me to cancel the trade?

The cash alone is inducement enough to make the deal (they have 35,373 gold). I can't afford to fight them at the moment and if they demanded the tech I'd probably cave anyway. With that extra cash I could build up my military as well as running research at 100%.

 

[vmxa]

They are always likely to attack, if you are weak to them or there is no more land to grab. So the only reason to not take the deal is the tech itself. Does it give them anything that can hurt you?

IOW SciMeth is great to deal, if you already have the ToE or it is nearly done. Chiv is not so great to give, unless they do not have iron. If it is some tech wiht a wonder that you will not build anyway or a form of gov I would trade.

 

[dalgo]

Yes it is a wonder tech (Computers) but I have already built SETI.

You are quite right about Sci Method. I traded it the turn before ToE was due and got some great deals for it.

 

[Lord Emsworth]

The maya will give me all their cash, 2 lux and gpt for a tech. My question is - if I take the lux and gpt is it more likely that they will attack me to cancel the trade?

The cash alone is inducement enough to make the deal (they have 35,373 gold). I can't afford to fight them at the moment and if they demanded the tech I'd probably cave anyway. With that extra cash I could build up my military as well as running research at 100%.

It is really hard to say whether that makes an attack more likely.

What you might want to do however is to make a gpt gift to them. Simply gift them 5gpt or so before you sell them your tech. Depending on how much gpt they have, that gift might even be free to you, i.e. you get your money back anyway. Whether or not such a small, token flow of per turn money really lowers the chance of an attack ...