The best alternative to having a functional steel industry is to have a really, really, really good hospital. And a lot of coffins.
@Loud Whispers: I can make steel. :3
So, in essence, this embark is 100% flawless. Although I would like more flat ground...
@Loud Whispers: I can make steel. :3Channel
So, in essence, this embark is 100% flawless. Although I would like more flat ground...
Hematite, magnetite and limonite are all the ores of iron you can find in DF. Learning is !FUN!
Hematite, magnetite and limonite are all the ores of iron you can find in DF. Learning is !FUN!
You forgot Goblinite.
Little green men scare me.
EDIT: This is the Continent of Disemboweling and I'm near Murdergirdle Stream. Does this mean I'm going to fail or the cliffs will run red with goblinoid blood?
And okay. Does the quality of the bar impact the quality of the finished product at all?
Murdergirdle
And okay. Does the quality of the bar impact the quality of the finished product at all?
Bars have quality?
And okay. Does the quality of the bar impact the quality of the finished product at all?
Bars have quality?
Loud Whispers said they do. I'm not sure. I can see it; mechanisms have quality, after all.
@Loud Whispers: Wouldn't a Titan be a bit of a tough fight even if your dwarves had weapons? :p
One time I made an embark and played for a bit and this giant badger boar or whatever killed my hunter. This was annoying; it was like five minutes in. And the damn thing even got a name because of it. So I just threw all my remaining dwarves in to a squad and had them attack the giant badger boar. I was not overly surprised when the "wrestler squad" got destroyed piecemeal.
And that's how we get things done in my fortresses. All for one!
Cudgelslides has been more fortunate thus far. :P
It kinda reminds me of how I ended my reign of a scession game waaay too early, except replace the titan with HFS ;) Only other funny thing was one of my soldiers fighting off an ambush and giving birth and throwing her baby at the ambush and killing a goblin with it (baby lived and became named Battle-Born) Got like novice misc. User for that epic throw 8)@Loud Whispers: Wouldn't a Titan be a bit of a tough fight even if your dwarves had weapons? :p
I expect 3-7 to die by the Titans directly, syndromes could increase this a bit :P
It's really a good way to live without flux. Or any metals. Or weapons. 2nd year in, I have 43 soldiers, 28 of whom would be able to take down sieges, and 12 marksmen. Crossbow spam is brilliant (and a requirement for above ground forts - damn buzzards).One time I made an embark and played for a bit and this giant badger boar or whatever killed my hunter. This was annoying; it was like five minutes in. And the damn thing even got a name because of it. So I just threw all my remaining dwarves in to a squad and had them attack the giant badger boar. I was not overly surprised when the "wrestler squad" got destroyed piecemeal.
And that's how we get things done in my fortresses. All for one!
Cudgelslides has been more fortunate thus far. :P
Giant Badger boars can be scared away with dogs, just never engage them with untrained and unarmoured Dorfs :)
So yeah. No steel?
1. Recruit every useless migrant that arrives on your fortress into standard squads of 3 (and schedule for 2).
2. Reach a quota of recruiting above 50% of entire population.
3. Equip with whatever you can find.
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4. Lotsa Dorfs are dead, but you now have a few elite supersoldiers.
Once you have pro. army up, recruit entire population. If all else really fails... Charge of the drunk brigade. (Over a hundred Dorfs charging a Titan is a beautiful sight in all of it's ASCII glory :P)
Baha, wow. That's some hilarious stuff. xD
EDIT: While I'm here, I just read that galena is lead/silver. Since galena (and lead) are very dense, does this make it good for making giant balls for weapon traps? Or other blunt weapons in general?
That's not a bad amount of trees, really. You'd be okay for a little while. Map looks nice, actually. I miss having flat spaces. -_-
And you use Ironhand too! :D
Odd. Is copper actually more dense than lead in real life? >_>
Regardless, thanks for the info. =]
Odd. Is copper actually more dense than lead in real life? >_>
Regardless, thanks for the info. =]
That's not density. That's impact yield. There's more to how weapons and armor work (you can see this in the raws for wood, metal, etc.). Even though lead is actually quite heavy, it's not good for weapons. Impact_Yield is mainly used for blunt attacks, which is why I posted it.
Just use all that crappy metal for furniture. :P
Odd. Is copper actually more dense than lead in real life? >_>
Regardless, thanks for the info. =]
That's not density. That's impact yield. There's more to how weapons and armor work (you can see this in the raws for wood, metal, etc.). Even though lead is actually quite heavy, it's not good for weapons. Impact_Yield is mainly used for blunt attacks, which is why I posted it.
Just use all that crappy metal for furniture. :P
But this makes no sense because a ball of copper and a ball of lead of equal volume... the lead would have the greater mass and thus have more force if swung at the same speeeeed!
Oh well, perhaps we can create lead crafts and sell them to the elves and hope they get POISONED.
EDIT: Double post because... well, because.
Odd. Is copper actually more dense than lead in real life? >_>
Regardless, thanks for the info. =]
That's not density. That's impact yield. There's more to how weapons and armor work (you can see this in the raws for wood, metal, etc.). Even though lead is actually quite heavy, it's not good for weapons. Impact_Yield is mainly used for blunt attacks, which is why I posted it.
Just use all that crappy metal for furniture. :P
But this makes no sense because a ball of copper and a ball of lead of equal volume... the lead would have the greater mass and thus have more force if swung at the same speeeeed!
God, I learn new things everyday :o And whats the secret to bringing water to any source of lava (magma sea mostly) and making obsidian, cause I never manage to get water to reach there :-[ and I'm using a river!
I swear, thats the awnser to all of the problems in DF :P Thanks!God, I learn new things everyday :o And whats the secret to bringing water to any source of lava (magma sea mostly) and making obsidian, cause I never manage to get water to reach there :-[ and I'm using a river!
Floodgates.
If floodgates fail, use doors/hatches. Or bridges.FLOODGATES FAIL!? :o IMPOSSIBLE!
If floodgates fail, use doors/hatches. Or bridges.FLOODGATES FAIL!? :o IMPOSSIBLE!