Tips on Trading

[bearclaw]

Parasite said:
Many (all?) of the TDM races have trading turned off. They will not do a trade even if the best terms are given.

If this is the case, then it's not off for all TDM AI's. While it is not easy to get them to accept a trade, I have done it in the past. But only rarely.

[Kamog]

I like to trade with the A.I. to get rid of junky ships that I don't want to pay maintenance on. Like outdated, worthless and damaged ships that are out of supply and stranded somewhere.

One time I deliberately built worthless, high-maintenance bases in one of my systems and traded them to the A.I. with the intention of wasting their resources by forcing them to pay a lot of maintenance. A.I. kept accepting the deals because I asked for very little in return. Even if the A.I. is too angry to accept gifts, they often accept trades if they think they're getting a good deal. This trick quickly stopped being fun because it felt like taking unfair advantage of them.