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Dwarf Fortress => DF Suggestions => Topic started by: I3erent on April 17, 2008, 07:10:00 pm

Title: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: I3erent on April 17, 2008, 07:10:00 pm
To keep track of how many times these events occured at your fort in fortress mode.

Thank you in advance.

Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: MaxVance on April 17, 2008, 07:12:00 pm
That's why you make lots of engravings and leave it for adventurers to sift through.  :D
Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: I3erent on May 07, 2008, 05:27:00 pm
I would be nice to have a counter for these though...Including the dates of the event.
Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: Faustus on May 08, 2008, 11:46:00 pm
quote:
Originally posted by I3erent:
<STRONG>To keep track of how many times these events occured at your fort in fortress mode.

Thank you in advance.</STRONG>


I just total up how many dead woodcutters I have in the crypts.

Or as I like to call it, the "Hall of Lame".

The post title is misleading by the way - I was hoping you meant some way to actually counter ambushes, rather than count them, heh. At the moment, I just take the message's advice, and curse them, as I watch my dwarves run as far from the safety of the fortress as their little legs can take them before they're struck down.

Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: Align on May 09, 2008, 12:37:00 pm
Why?

[ May 09, 2008: Message edited by: Align ]

Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: Samyotix on May 09, 2008, 01:34:00 pm
Hm, I guess some players just like statistics a lot   :)

I'd appreciate this sort of screen - an overview of your victories of the past weeks ...

code:

Year Season  Event  Size       Kills        Losses          Injured
1060 Winter  Siege  5 Squads   21 Goblins   1 Dwarf, 5 dogs 1 Dwarf
1060 Spring  Ambush 1 Squad     4 Goblins   1 Dwarf

But then, I guess the Army Arc may bring its own variant of a "incoming / outgoing armies overview" or so   :)

[ May 09, 2008: Message edited by: Samyotix ]

Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: Heavy Flak on May 09, 2008, 01:39:00 pm
I agree with I3erent.  I'm a statistics whore, I love looking over percentages for things happened.  Being able to have a yearly breakdown of the number of sieges, how many bad guys were in them, and how many died would be cool.

Take it a step farther - since the game keeps track of who killed what, why not add a separate screen to the profile selection?  

Let's take Fallout for example:  It keeps track of how many of each monster and each sex of human you kill.  Would it be completely superfluous?  Sure it would.  But it would also be a fun thing to look at.  Since we're not allowed to view the total detail of the engravings, we should at least be able to marvel at how bad ass our Hero that killed 38 goblins, 17 kobolds, and 100+ undead camels really is.

Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: Fleeb on May 09, 2008, 09:43:00 pm
Notepad, or excel spreadsheet. Keep track yourself, not that hard. Not a bad suggestion, but very superfluous.
Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: Idiom on May 09, 2008, 11:35:00 pm
Like a giant scoreboard?
Hook it up to some mechanics to make it automated. Woo!
Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: mickel on May 10, 2008, 05:28:00 pm
quote:
Originally posted by Idiom:
<STRONG>Like a giant scoreboard?
Hook it up to some mechanics to make it automated. Woo!</STRONG>

That gave me an idea. Instead of just popping up "SIEGE" in the top of the window, it ought to put up counters for "HOME" and "VISITOR" too, and a timer.   :)

Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: MastaODisasta on May 10, 2008, 05:56:00 pm
quote:
Originally posted by mickel:
<STRONG>

That gave me an idea. Instead of just popping up "SIEGE" in the top of the window, it ought to put up counters for "HOME" and "VISITOR" too, and a timer.    :)</STRONG>


And at halftime you switch sides and have to assault your own fortress.

Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: Idiom on May 10, 2008, 09:24:00 pm
Seats dug out up in the cliff wall, behind safety glass. Charge Elves and Humans an entrance fee to observe. Colored armor as uniforms.

 

quote:
Let's take Fallout for example: It keeps track of how many of each monster and each sex of human you kill. Would it be completely superfluous? Sure it would. But it would also be a fun thing to look at. Since we're not allowed to view the total detail of the engravings, we should at least be able to marvel at how bad ass our Hero that killed 38 goblins, 17 kobolds, and 100+ undead camels really is.

Win. I want to see the death toll from my blind marksmen and armless hammerdwarves.

[ May 10, 2008: Message edited by: Idiom ]

Title: Re: Siege and Ambush counter....
Post by: Sevrun on May 11, 2008, 03:48:00 pm
*dies laughing*