Guild Expedtions - Attempts/Paying to Negotiate

[Prunesqualor]

I'm a newbie to guild expeditions. I've managed to clear level 1 by negotiating and am now tring to level.
The attempts counter says I currently have 8 attempts (it's said that for awhile now.)
However, when I try to negotiate FOE is asking me to pay with diamonds, There's no other option.
I've obviously misunderstood something as I thought if I had attempts left I wouldn't have to pay.
Please could someone explain what's going on.

Thanks

 

[Crazy Biker]

If you do not have enough goods for the negotiation it will ask for diamonds

 

[Emberguard]

Every time you do a negotiation you consume goods from inventory. Even if you get the wrong answer, it consumes goods for every answer submitted

It is prudent to ensure you have the amount of goods per guess x 5 (of every good) prior to starting the negotiation. That just accounts for the worst case scenario where it might be all the same good required.


Example:

Left number (2) is the cost per guess. Right number (615) is amount in inventory.

So for this example prior to attempting to negotiate I'd want at least 10 Alabaster. (2x5 = 10)

I'm a newbie to guild expeditions. I've managed to clear level 1 by negotiating and am now tring to level.

If you happen to still be in Iron Age, I would try using 8 Spearmen to fight as much of Level 1 and Level 2 as possible. They won't be able to do all the fights, but they can do a decent amount early on.

If you're willing to do Manual fighting then using Archers in Iron Age can work out quite well too. There may be better strategies, but being ranged it can knock out some units before they reach you