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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Avoiding insanity in defenders of early undead embark.
« on: May 19, 2013, 05:41:18 pm »
Hallo there Bay12, i have a question. I've recently been trying my hand at terrifying embarks. While fun and interesting i've been having issues establishing a lasting fortress. Every time i try i end up having the Hammerdwarf i bring along for safety go insane from fighting the undead, it seems that being accosted by the living dead is more damaging by far than taking joy in slaughter. Always before i even get my first migrant wave. As such i've been wondering if anyone knows a way to keep him a bit happier and functioning rather than go nuts and leaving my embark open to undead assault.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Tips for Temporary Forts.
« on: April 10, 2013, 04:03:48 pm »
Hallo there, i have a short but as with anything df related, oddly complicated question, I'm building a large fort right now, in the process of digging down an entire hillside next to a volcano, it's going to be at least a couple seasons to finish it but i can't begin construction of my fort proper until i'm done clearing the hill, as such i'm trying to set up a temporary fort nearbye and i was wondering if anyone had any design ideas for one. This is an area with extreme cliffs so i need to be careful. Help would be awesome.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Aquifer Breaching.
« on: January 31, 2013, 02:25:11 pm »
Hullo all, I know this is a rather newbish thing to ask but i was wondering if you have tips at aquifer piercing? I've been playing DF for a while but i've never managed to get a handle on aquifer's. From what i've seen most people find them very useful and easy to breach but every time i've attempted it ended VERY badly or i just couldn't do it. I've read the wiki articles on it but for some reason that hasn't helped much either. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / ........Vampires.... So MAANY!
« on: September 27, 2012, 05:16:47 pm »
Hello all you may have seen or talked to me before ( if so i apologise ;) )

Anyways the title rather explains it, i've had a rash of vampire attacks in my fort. Around 12 now, mostly confined to the children who're clogging my infrastructure atm. However recently the vamps are getting braver, it seems i catch 1 every year just before migrants arrive and it's getting frustrating as i'm starting to run out of places to lock them in, now the vampires have begun targetting members of the militia, i've lost 2 marksdwarves a swordsdwarf to blood draining. I also had to drop an axedwarf and hammerdwarf who turned out to be vamps, can someone help me figure out a way to screen the little blighters so that i don't lose one of my precious few smiths.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / How do you get such nice fortresses?
« on: August 25, 2012, 03:27:24 pm »
Hello there, i've been playing DF for about a year now and i've followed the forum for a bit longer than that, however i've noticed somethign odd, all of my fortresses never seem to get fully smoothed or engraved. I've only had one fort get above 100 pop but it was killed by a goblin seige shortly after. What i don't understand is how everyone seems to have such nicely built, fully stocked and organised forts when i'm still trying to get my bedrooms dug for the 4th migrant wave. I was wondering how you prioritise and set thigns up to be able to get so much done so quickly. Help would be nice as i just can't seem to get my forts looking decent let alone as interesting as many of you seem able to do.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Lakeside Fortress question.
« on: August 22, 2012, 02:06:09 pm »
Hello there, I was wondering about something, I just embarked on a nice happy spot that has a joyous plains and a haunted lake all in one, I just walled in most of my fortress except for a small chunk sticking into the lake but otherwise protected from land attacks, my question is should i wall up the side with the lake on it or is it just fine and i don't have to worry about my enemies swimming around into my fortress through that opening. Just wondering as i've never done a lakeside embie before and i'm not sure how it'll go, I'd post a screenshot but i can't remember how to take one on a mac.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / What to do What to Do
« on: July 20, 2012, 04:49:50 pm »
Hello all i'm in a bit of a bind, i've got a healthy little fortress of 98 people, i don't have any coal so i've been trying to get a pump stack up from the magma, i've got my military completely fitted out in iron armor and steel weapons thanks to imports. I've save scummed twice, once after a zombie dragon attack and again after 8 coblin ambush parties arrived all at once.... with predictable results, i;m swimming in crafts, food, and booze howeveri have a massive unemployment problem, almost half my fortress is unemployed with anything, just milling in my grand arena/dinign room so i'm wondering, what should i do to get hte little buggers working?

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