Quote Originally Posted by FactionHeir View Post
That's a pet peeve of mine with ETW:
The AI bases its demands on your total treasury and income. So the richer you are, the more they want from you. And if you are too rich, then the demands get to a certain level where they want say 200k, but at the same time are programmed to reject all your offers above 200k with "Your money smells".

Things should have a set value, not be based on how much money you have really. I can't see why when I have 24000 the AI will sell me the breeding tech for 23500 but when I have 50k, they will demand 48k for the same tech.
That's called charging what the market will bear, try pricing the same meal in aspen co. and cleveland oh. Or san francisco vs. detroit, in my not-so-nice SF neighborhood that has gang shootings 2 bedroom house is 800k - 1.5 mill, in detroit it's 30k - 130k. Or the special cut rate price of windows for china, 66 vs. 200. It's not fair but it's realistic.