[Pelican]

Not to belabor this, but my preference is for trade discussions to be just that - a conversation that takes place, back and forth, until a deal is reached, or not reached. Maybe it’s my short attention span, but to make a legit proposal, and then wait a couple days for any response, and then my reply shifting the terms, and then - a few days later - their reply again making changes. What a waste of time, for those of us who play out games. It’s as if you are dealing by snail mail with a GM who won’t pick up the phone or meet you in person. And then the player you want gets dealt to another team in the meantime. I don’t see any of that as realistic. It’s “hard” only because of the delays in the back-and-forth. I don’t think the terms of the deals are materially different. But then I do have “house rules” about not unduly “cheesing” conventional negotiations, to take advantage of the AI in ways that are unrealistic.