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Dwarf Fortress => DF Dwarf Mode Discussion => Topic started by: Sofaspud on January 19, 2008, 02:33:00 am

Title: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: Sofaspud on January 19, 2008, 02:33:00 am
So, the merchant warning popped up -- the humans had arrived!  This was wonderful news, as I was swimming in useless trinkets that I wanted to unload in exchange for meat (my map being rather limited in huntable critters).

They got about halfway to my fort and were apparently ambushed by kobold and goblin thieves.  I didn't get a message, I just noticed all my dwarves streaming out thattaway and went to look.  Gobbo and kobold chunks everywhere, and the humans bypassed me entirely, heading right off the map.

And they dropped everything they were carrying... which my greedy dwarves promptly scavenged.

Is this supposed to happen?  Am I going to have to deal with a stuffy human insurance investigator wanting to know about stolen goods?  What's the deal, man?  :)

Title: Re: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: Pandarsenic on January 19, 2008, 03:03:00 am
The humans will probably just be generally mad from what I understand of DF politics. It's just general WHY U NO PROTEKT UNCOMPUTUNT MARCHENTS?

Eat their siege alive with traps and wait for their surrender.   :cool:

Title: Re: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: Demosthenes on January 19, 2008, 02:17:00 pm
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Originally posted by Pandarsenic:
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Eat their siege alive with traps and wait for their surrender.    :cool:</STRONG>

If a human Diplomat has seen your traps, then the humans won't trigger them.

Title: Re: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: Scorpios on January 19, 2008, 03:10:00 pm
quote:
Originally posted by Demosthenes:
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If a human Diplomat has seen your traps, then the humans won't trigger them.</STRONG>

Replace the traps?

Title: Re: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: Torak on January 19, 2008, 04:19:00 pm
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Originally posted by Scorpios:
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Replace the traps?</STRONG>

More like, ready a military.

Title: Re: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: Slanted on January 19, 2008, 04:20:00 pm
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If a human Diplomat has seen your traps, then the humans won't trigger them.

That's why you build the broker's office in an aboveground building.

Title: Re: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: KaelGotDwarves on January 19, 2008, 06:47:00 pm
stealing their stuff once doesn't spark a siege from what I can tell. Especially if you didn't seize their goods but just took them once it was abandoned.
Title: Re: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: Skanky on January 19, 2008, 07:56:00 pm
You can get away with seizing all their goods at least once without them storming your fortress. Unless I was just *really* lucky.
Title: Re: Um. Should I apologize to the humans? :)
Post by: BurnedToast on January 19, 2008, 08:05:00 pm
I purposely drowned 4 or 5 human caravans in a row and did not get sieged so you should be OK.

Honestly I'm not even sure if they attack you at all, ever, anymore.