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Oh come on people,tell me you wouldnt like to see your dwarf sitting by a stream casting his line in the water or hammering away in a workshop,and as for FB i picture them graphically as dark shadows with eyes glowing to keep the randomness and cover all the various forms,and it would be nice if i actually dont die of old age before the game is finished.

I kinda like the rarity of metals,i get interested when i hit an ore vein,could do with more variety though and less gold.

Isnt there already morning stars and flails?.

Quote from: Misterstone on February 17, 2011, 05:54:47 pm

Don't really need coal as urgently as we once did.  Why?  Underground trees, that's why.  Elf problems?  Dwarf the f up already.

Also you can find map sites with accessible metal without too much trouble.  They are more rare.  All that means is that there are fewer sites on the world map that make good conventional dwarf settlements.  In most cases you need to start near a mountain in order to get metal.  When you think about it, it makes sense.  All of this business with dwarves starting out on a beach next to a tropical jungle isn't really very in-character for dwarves, is it?

Says you! Dwarves making a seaside fort, with massive glass windows on one side allowing you to gaze into the deep blue? Jungle forts, built like Aztec temples with war elephants? Those are all great!

This is the first time in a LONG time you have been so restricted on where you can go. It used to be that you could embark anywhere (pure mountains and pure oceans notwithstanding) and it would be possible to survive and thrive, albeit with some places being far more difficult than others. Now, the scarcity of metal means that some places are IMPOSSIBLE for you to survive or thrive, unless you literally wall yourselves in.

I don't see how you can justify being straitjacketed to certain sites, just to get metal. Or it being nigh-impossible to get good metal sites on anything smaller than a medium world. Or how people have to suddenly embark with naught but one barrel of ale and a dog because for some reason nobody has copper, meaning they have to use tools that are three times as expensive.

Well i guess if you pick a non mountainous terrian you will have to make your fortune from bees and non metal crafts.

Minor qibbles,in fantasy works dwarfs all look bronzed and have scottish accents.

From too much to too little,i will have to see if this whine derserves its cheese.

There are already gnomes in DF,a few different types,they steal your shit and swarm about annoyingly.

Title says it all,any chance it will be completed before i retire?.