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favorite way to kill a goblin: Caged Magma Chute Drop

Adventure mode, obviously. Nothing that exciting for Fortress Mode, but some of it does make me want to play FM more than I usually do. Cage a werewolf, 'breed' it with captives and nobles and such, make a werewolf arena that invaders must fight through to get to my fort. Seems good.

Wait for it like everyone else. Toady works to achieve quality, as you might have noticed by now. It will be released when it's released, no sooner and no later.

To be honest, I hate hearing that kind of rebuttal. It doesn't make sense to say that, and the value of that kind of negative attitude, towards someone meaning no harm, is null. Besides, if he was going for a purely quality release here (in an alpha state, mind you...) then he would first improve the damn UI. That's quality improvement.

That besides, there's this thing called a smiley. You see, it looks a little like this:  . It means I wasn't strung-up and gung-ho about pressuring a release out of Today. I happen to agree; it's released when it's released. That kind of statement is of the same caliber as "it's in the last place you look". But how, pray tell, does that mean I can't have a wish? Must be illegal to wish for anything these days.

Im waiting!

I'm seriously hoping its tonight, but it may be tomorrow night...

EDIT: Dammit, that modify button is always right next to quote...

Quote from: the woods on January 26, 2012, 01:26:34 am

Be a cult leader and only kill through your NPC allies, committing no violence yourself.

Brilliant. Of course, you'll have to kill the odd person here and there with a severed beast horn/fish.

Hmmm, I approve of this challenge. Bonus points for taking your fanatics on raids against other civilizations, and only attacking to 'punish the impure' that stray too close to your vantage point.

Heh, I sense a tinge of hostility coming from a small portion of the community in your direction Mr. Developer, but I for one am not among that portion, so you can just dismiss their cattle prods. They're just jealous. Most of the community is friendlier than that, as you can see. 

Your game is a different game, so I'll judge it on its own merits. After all, I do enjoy the style, and the graphics + promises of easily manageable UI are tempting me to want to buy it on release. Paradox rarely publishes crap games (in my opinion), so just considering who your publisher is, is a plus for me.
So, a few questions from me:
1) How in depth is the crafting system? Do we get to choose the materials/appearances of weapons/armor etc. or is that something that's more generalized.
2) The graphics, while nice, weren't mind-blowing by any means. Are they going to be improved? And if so, will there be low-graphics options for those of us with ancient, ancient computers (like my old Toshiba) so we can throw money at you buy and play this game?
3) Could you explain the combat system? Is it a simple RTS-esque combat deal, or is it more or less complex than that?
4) What's the extent of construction options available to us as the player? Will we be able to build tall towers as well as build giant hallways sloping down into the earth?
5) How much of it is simply done by us (as seen in the trailer when placing what I guess was tile) and how much do 'builder' dwarves have to do themselves?
6) Will there be food/water/booze management in the forms of farming and/or trading?
7) Will there be any 'outside forces' other than the things living in the deep hinted at so far? (Such as invading goblins, besieging dragons, etc.)


Also, random sidenote: a previous poster's idea about a cyberpunk sim. Without dwarves, mind you. Would be amazing. Just saying. You should make that your next project.

I don't see why windows users don't run the linux emulator deal that was put on the Cataclysm forums... so much easier with no fuss about windows bugs and such.