Alexander's Ever-Expanding Tome of Knowledge, pt 2

[UncleYee]

Ever since learning about the 1G over trick, I've used it religiously on the harder difficulties, and I've NEVER lost a mercenary except by my own forgetfulness. And I usually end up with all 5 of them for much of the game. But that's just my experience.

[SlipperyJim]

FWIW, I usually bid about 10% over the asking price, and the AI never outbids me.

[Edratman]

When I first started I just bid the asking price and found that I had about a 50% success rate. Then I changed my method to bid 10 to 15G over the asking price and seemed to always win.

Then I read this thread, was impressed by successes people had with bidding 1G over and adapted that technique. I started to lose about half the bids again. I'm now at 5G over and to date I am back to 100% successful.