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Originally Posted by Viridel
Which is what I'm offering. Try literacy, as I've said this several times.
No, what is absurd is that he's asking for one thing - increases his request on the same term (by almost double) - then takes the initial offer. It's just really sloppy programming.
Clearly I'm in the minority when it comes to how the game handles contracts, and if everyone else is happy with a complete "guess & test" system, then who am I to ask for better realism. Feel free to lock the thread.
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but, even though he upped his demand, you still know his initial demand..
you were speaking of understanding how it behaves.. this is one of those wrinkles..
so you offer multi, he then demands more at the same initial length... but you can still typically meet the initial demand and safely sign the guy at that point... the more you poke and prod the less likely you can do that... and eventually they just stop negotiating... if you can get them to change the length, you better jump on that immediately... doesn't happen each time... sometimes they will counter with a change in # of years from initial. even +/-1 year from that new demand length is a risk at that point.
they start bluffing more, for lack of a better pharse, becasue it does have ramifications, it's not empty bluff. get a bit greedier /unhappiers etc.
the first few tries you can be a bit creative.. but before that smiley face goes away you better start getting back to initial demand and length or be willing to lose them / pay more than you want.
the feedback you get is not 100% perfect... it's up to you to recognize when you can undercut them more/less. there is some fog of war, like real life