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What is the best trap config for Elephants? I want a breeding pair so I can stop worrying about food. More time for getting booze.

Skeletal..... Rabbits?.....
"Look at the Bones!"

Nice game going on here. I may join in some day later, when It's a little more, ehhh, stable.

I hate to bump a thread that's been dead for 4 months, but, is there any way this might continue? This is far too epic to let die forever.

>Examine statue moce closely, especially looking for hinges, keyholes and the like. Anything mechanical.

Perhaps you, the DF Junkies of the forums, can help out a semi-inexperienced player with some random questions?

Do Sneaking Kobolds/Goblins get spotted when they are one tile over from an Animal, or only when they actually collide?
Can you have wells directly over one another?
Are hippos the Blood thirsty animals that the wiki says?
Are Elephants still BoatMurderesque? As in, blood thirsty carnivores? Or is it safe to capture them and tame them?
Are hippos worth catching and breeding?
Will carp appear inside my handmade reservoirs?
If a river has no carp to begin with, will they ever?
Are Stingray Dangerous?
Can Flying/Swimming units move Up and over in one turn if the space above them is solid?
Should Elves be allowed inside the Fortress?

Many thanks

On the subject of booze and farming.
I always have trouble in my forts with farming/brewing. Should I grow a crop in huge quantities for nothing but Booze? (example: Sweet Pods) I always have trouble balancing Plump helmet supply for eating, Plump Helmet supply for Brewing, and barrel supply. Also, can you grow Plants on dry stone, or must it still be muddied? If so, how do I make a good irrigation system?

Also, what should I bring on Embark/What skills should my dorfs have?

Are you using any mods? Trolls aren't a civ in vanilla, to my knowledge.

I'll let you all keep debating if you see fit. For my two cents...
I don't believe achievements take away gameplay at all. I mean, it's not like I'm trying to get all of the achievements on my first go through the game... Anyway.

I've always viewed HL2 as more of a FPS Puzzler. Not strictly FPS, because, really, what strictly FPS game has you shifting blocks from one side of a wooden board to the other to gain access to a new area.

As for the breaks in activity for "cut scenes" It's to address a problem VALVe calls "Combat fatigue." The same for Puzzle fatigue. They need these scenes to prevent players from "burning out" from repetitive gameplay. ex: Shoot headcrab, solve puzzle. Shoot combine, solve puzzle, shoot antlion, solve puzzle. ect. The talking scenes break it up so it's not simply two or three gameplay types.

That's my two cents.
In other news, I got the "Zombie Chopper," "Keep off the sand," and "Submissive" Achievements since my last post here. Next up, Hack attack, then, the groan-tacular Lambda locator.