Not getting GPT from other civs

[benjamin.d.broadbent]

New to civ 5. I have done a trade with another civ. 1 silver for 600GPT. How do i get my gold

[Froggy]

A civ wouldn't trade 1 silver for 600GPT.

[Paladestar]

When you're making a proposal, if you enter more GPT than a civ has the game automatically changes it to the maximum that they have instead.

So if you propose to offer them 1 Silver for 600 GPT, but they only have 3 GPT, when you hit propose the game will treat your offer as 3 GPT instead of 600, you won't see the 600 you entered change to 3 unless they refuse the offer (but, usign my example numbers, nobody is going to turn down a luxury for 3 GPT). If they had 100 GPT and you offered 600 GPT, they'd refuse and then you'd see your 600 offer was changed to 100.

So from your point of view it'd have looked like you had a 600 offer accepted, but if you check deal history you'll see that the deal was actually for far less.

So, you need to be careful when making GPT offers to make sure that they can actually afford it before you propose or you could end up giving them a very cheap deal. You should really always use the "what will make this deal work" button before just outright proposing. Using the WWMTDW button first will correct your offer to their max GPT before it actually goes through as a proposal.

[Geothermal1159]

Originally posted by Paladestar:

When you're making a proposal, if you enter more GPT than a civ has the game automatically changes it to the maximum that they have instead.

So if you propose to offer them 1 Silver for 600 GPT, but they only have 3 GPT, when you hit propose the game will treat your offer as 3 GPT instead of 600, you won't see the 600 you entered change to 3 unless they refuse the offer (but, usign my example numbers, nobody is going to turn down a luxury for 3 GPT). If they had 100 GPT and you offered 600 GPT, they'd refuse and then you'd see your 600 offer was changed to 100.

So from your point of view it'd have looked like you had a 600 offer accepted, but if you check deal history you'll see that the deal was actually for far less.

So, you need to be careful when making GPT offers to make sure that they can actually afford it before you propose or you could end up giving them a very cheap deal. You should really always use the "what will make this deal work" button before just outright proposing. Using the WWMTDW button first will correct your offer to their max GPT before it actually goes through as a proposal.

Another way to make sure you are seeing the correct gpt offer value is to put anoth offer in and taking it back out.

I would suggest this over using the "what would make this deal work" button since what they offer to make a deal work is often less than what you can actually get from them.

[benjamin.d.broadbent]

Thank you