Trade question - Assistant GM is never happy!

whovian223 · 04-17-2016, 10:04 PM

I'm new to OOTP though I've been playing the slimmed down iOS version for a couple of years now.

I'm trying to trade a player or two, and I can never seem to make my Assistant GM happy (I'm GM/Manager)

I shopped a player and clicked "Trade" on one of the offers. My Assistant GM said the he would suggest requesting another prospect as well.

Then when I add a prospect, he says essentially "This is terrible! We're not getting anything in this deal!"

I can understand the addition not being what the AGM wanted, but suddenly the deal is worse? This wasn't a 1/2-star prospect or anything. Some of them I've tried to add were four or five star potential prospects.

I'm not sure what the best way to trade is.

Obviously you can ignore the AGM, but I want to make sure I'm making a good deal.

Thanks!

mitchkenn · 04-18-2016, 08:25 AM

Fire the dude! i find most of those comments are OK but really not deal breakers. More like see if you can get more idea ... i usually ignore them, esp. when going for prospects and trying to thin out older players i never will use.

Ty Cobb · 04-18-2016, 10:53 AM

some Xanax or fire his sorry butt. Unhappiness is a cancer.

Déjà Bru · 04-18-2016, 09:17 PM

Well, my experience with this is, unless you have Trading Difficulty set to Average or easier, the AGM is usually not going to like any trade. That's because, on harder difficulty, the AI drives a . . . harder bargain. So ignore him if this is true for you.

DJP53916 · 04-23-2016, 01:39 AM

I would take the Assistant GMs thoughts as merely a suggestion, and use that to maybe give the other team you're trying to trade with a good once-over, but ultimately, if YOU feel the trade is fair, and the opposing team seems to be on board with it, just do it if it feels right.

MrBojangles · 04-23-2016, 10:55 PM

Has anyone paid attention to how comments change or don't change when you change your AGM?

PSUColonel · 09-15-2016, 11:11 PM

It appears this is back after a short hiatus.

BBGiovanni · 09-17-2016, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

It appears this is back after a short hiatus.

Yeah, I didn't miss it... too much like a day at work listening to my boss second-guess/micromanage me constantly

BigRed75 · 09-17-2016, 07:26 PM

Ignore, ignore, ignore.

If you're happy with the trade, pull the trigger. I care more about what the other GM says than my assistant, because that tells me the likelihood of the trade actually going through...

04-17-2016, 10:04 PM	#1
whovian223 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 1	Trade question - Assistant GM is never happy! I'm new to OOTP though I've been playing the slimmed down iOS version for a couple of years now. I'm trying to trade a player or two, and I can never seem to make my Assistant GM happy (I'm GM/Manager) I shopped a player and clicked "Trade" on one of the offers. My Assistant GM said the he would suggest requesting another prospect as well. Then when I add a prospect, he says essentially "This is terrible! We're not getting anything in this deal!" I can understand the addition not being what the AGM wanted, but suddenly the deal is worse? This wasn't a 1/2-star prospect or anything. Some of them I've tried to add were four or five star potential prospects. I'm not sure what the best way to trade is. Obviously you can ignore the AGM, but I want to make sure I'm making a good deal. Thanks!

04-18-2016, 08:25 AM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	Fire the dude! i find most of those comments are OK but really not deal breakers. More like see if you can get more idea ... i usually ignore them, esp. when going for prospects and trying to thin out older players i never will use. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

04-18-2016, 10:53 AM	#3
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,617	Give him some Xanax or fire his sorry butt. Unhappiness is a cancer. __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

04-18-2016, 09:17 PM	#4
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,742	Well, my experience with this is, unless you have Trading Difficulty set to Average or easier, the AGM is usually not going to like any trade. That's because, on harder difficulty, the AI drives a . . . harder bargain. So ignore him if this is true for you. __________________ - Bru

09-17-2016, 07:26 PM	#9
BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,430	Ignore, ignore, ignore. If you're happy with the trade, pull the trigger. I care more about what the other GM says than my assistant, because that tells me the likelihood of the trade actually going through... __________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb

04-23-2016, 01:39 AM	#5
DJP53916 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 175	I would take the Assistant GMs thoughts as merely a suggestion, and use that to maybe give the other team you're trying to trade with a good once-over, but ultimately, if YOU feel the trade is fair, and the opposing team seems to be on board with it, just do it if it feels right.

04-23-2016, 10:55 PM	#6
MrBojangles All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: low and inside Posts: 568	Has anyone paid attention to how comments change or don't change when you change your AGM?

09-15-2016, 11:11 PM	#7
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,134	It appears this is back after a short hiatus.