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Hi,

When version 0.4x came out last year after 0.34 I remember siege not working anymore. There was some talk about the whole siege system having been change to appear more realistic or something, but after 6 fortress played for 5 years each by min maxing and having a shitton of wealth and not one single siege, ambush or anything besides some wandering forgotten beast, titan or werecreature I got bored out of my mind and took a break from DF.

So are frequent sieges back in the game or are goblins still turning the other cheek?

Hunting has always been unpredictable and with it's fair share of bugs. Your best bet for butchering kills is to just make dwarves gather refuse from outside. This also solves the problem of a hunter killing a whole pack of beasts, bringing one home and leaving the rest to rot. Obviously you also need a stockpile that accepts corpses.

The easiest way to split coins reliably is to build a second trade depot when traders arrive, bring your coins there and use a macro to offer them one by one then forbid that depot. When traders leave you have your own pile of individually stacked candy coins ready to be processed into all the warhammers and socks you could ever want.

I did it !!!
I finally made those damned freeloaders leave!

Preparing aqueducts for a drowning chamber was too bothersome since I had an underground tree farm the level below so I decided to build a bridge under them and catapult them away.
They ran away as soon as the bridge got finished and took all their crap with them despite having it scattered all over the floor. Apparently dwarves are not big fans of flying.

At least I now know the cure for overly attached caravans.

They have 4 wagons, I doubt weight is a problem. Also I've been playing for over a year since this happened and I this some massive work around the fortress (setting up magma forges, glass, pottery and clothing industries), if possible I'd like not to throw that away.

I did notice that I have a missing wagon on the dead/missing screen, don't know whose is it though. I haven't had any caravans leave because they got attacked.

What I found most interesting however is that I can't take their stuff even with the destroyed depot and that the place where their stuff spilled out is forming a no wagon access zone for my new depot.
Maybe they are blocking their own access? Although other caravans with wagons have no problem going through them.
Merchants with pack animals have indeed left when I destroyed the depot, only wagons and guards remain.


Btw anyone have any idea why haven't I had any siege, ambush or thief so far with 8mil+ wealth? Dunno about kobolds, but goblins are right next to me and actively attacking other places.

The depot is (was) in the middle of my fort, exposing it isn't going to be easy. Also I have yet to have any sieges so far from goblins, despite having 8mil+ wealth and embarking next to a dark fort.

My dwarves refuse to touch their stuff, not wanting to even dump it. I'm using v40.12.

B-but Sheogorath loves CHEESE!
Makes the Demon unable to use any other attack than the Wabbajack

Uses Nagasaki against the tower and it's defenders.