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Rather than increasing the yeild of each crop, it may just increase the number of times you can plant a crop on that field each year.

A few times I extensively farm a field from the moment it says that it is now spring and by the time I get to the end of autumn it refuses to let me grow anything in that field.

Well, I've just had a look at the development log and it looks like Toady has fixed a lot of the bugs that were really annoying while being simple to srot out (things like cutting out the unhappy clothes thoughts until that part is finished or making dwarves check for food while hunting vermin).

Also, the original post in this thread did seem reasonable. Some of the requests, like the better armies one, is actually being fixed in the Army Arc but the basic request in the OP was still reasonable.

Also, the people who were trying to claim that bugs shouldn't be fixed in an alpha...well...why? Why shouldn't they be fixed? If the bugs aren't fixed then its not possible to see what is there and what can be added on. Really, people need to stop going into wild fanboy-frenzies in the hope that they will look better. They don't.

I remember once there was a goblin seige hanging around at the edge of the map. It had managed to wipe out a human caravan so I decided I couldn't leave it there any longer. I drafted my entire fortress population and charged the goblins. My aim was to overwelm them and mob them to death, relying on woodcutters and miners to do the real damage.

My army was cut down by the archers so quickly that within moments most of my dwarves were dead and all that actually reached the goblins was my legendary miner and a few of the surviving war dogs.

Lesson: Don't charge across open ground at a goblin army. Especially not when its lead by 2 elite bowmen (king and leuitenent).

I get this sometimes. I think it is when they kill other chasm creatures.

One question: How do Dwarves react to this type of named creature? Do they still run away or are they considered 'friendly'?

I had a fort that was doing really well. I had mined out loads of metals and also found some adamantium. However, I decided that I would build up massive stockpiles of silver crafts and armouries full of weapons and armour before beggining to mine out the adamantium.

I had 4 smelters going almost constantly (with about 8 Furnace Operators) and quite a few forges going as well (the map had magma, so fuel was not a problem). However, before I could finish such projects as my grand hall (including stupidly large mosaic) and housing complex (which could probably house about 200 dwarves easy) I got a hunter immigrant who managed to draw the attention of a goblin army that I'd forgotten about.

He led it straight into my fort. My army fought valiantly but since it was 2 peasants with nothing better to do thye battle was a little one-sided...

I drafted every citizen in m fort and while my miners and woodcutters put up quite a fight (ably assisted by the book-keeper, who mangled the goblin leader's arm) my people were all killed.

well, it looks like you just have to choose then. Occasional random deaths due to not completing the stupid mandates, or the entire fortress descending into chaos after any goblin seige that kills so much as a single cat.

I'm not sure about limiting to "challenge" builds... but if we do things like restrict people from using traps and blocking off the fortress then the goblins would probably wear down the fort. Also, no drowning pits for nobles etc. If they make a demand, try to follow it or pay the price