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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Unusually shallow Fun
« on: November 04, 2011, 10:50:03 pm »
highest HFS i've ever seen was about 40.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Two-handed weapons
« on: November 04, 2011, 10:49:45 pm »I get to thinking about mount and blade: warband.it COULD be, but it might also get really irritating having swords that dull and helmets that break.
Why? Because the weapons have all these modifiers. Chipped, rusted, cracked, shortened, tempered, heavy, thick ... a whole world of customization and individuality to the different items.
Wouldn't it be nice? Tell the weaponsmith to "shorten that halberd" or "sharpen that sword" .. "repair that helmet"
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: memory tricks?
« on: November 03, 2011, 11:28:11 pm »I have a notepad full of stuff like that... I don't use paper sometimes if I have my laptop open next to my desktop but often I don't so I just use a notepad.i bet that'd make a good, if confusing read.
300-page college ruled, I've had it for a few years and am 3/4 through it, full of DF notes over the years.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / memory tricks?
« on: November 03, 2011, 09:03:18 pm »
so i do the same thing everytime. I start a fort with a great idea in mind. I'll get it all set up and running well. everything is going swimmingly. Then, for one reason or another, i don't play for a few days, sometimes up to a week. Then, when i try to start playing that fort again, i can't remember WHERE anything is, WHAT anyone was doing, WHO is important to the fort, WHAT the hell I was trying to accomplish with some of this stuff, and WHY there is vomit/blood/kittens all over the place.
I'm totally on point while im playing every day, but after 4 or 5...
not so much.
I've tried laying out all my forts about the same, but even then, i can only come so close and i still lose track of things.
do you good folks have any tips for me?
I'm totally on point while im playing every day, but after 4 or 5...
not so much.
I've tried laying out all my forts about the same, but even then, i can only come so close and i still lose track of things.
do you good folks have any tips for me?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Civvie Armor?
« on: November 03, 2011, 04:34:00 pm »
easy solution: vacate the position of sheriff. no more beatings.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Carnivores please answer.
« on: November 03, 2011, 04:32:18 pm »you'd be shocked, disgusted, horrified, and wracked with guilt if you saw the kind of wicked things that go on with our food.
A bug? In real life, do people butcher dead animals for eating? I hope not *sick*
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: What refuse is unusable?
« on: November 03, 2011, 04:29:40 pm »
shells are AWESOME. you can make them into trade crafts, helmets, gloves, and boots i think.
shell armor is either the same as leather or a TEENY bit better, but it takes WAY less effort to get shells than it does to get leather.
shell armor is either the same as leather or a TEENY bit better, but it takes WAY less effort to get shells than it does to get leather.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Pfft, forget steel.
« on: November 03, 2011, 04:27:07 pm »
within the first year, ill dig a shaft down to the magma sea, just to find out how deep it is.
If it's fewer than 60 lvls down, i go straight for the candy as well.
although even in that scenario, ill still make a few bars of steel (along with every other metal possible), just to fulfill mandates.
If it's fewer than 60 lvls down, i go straight for the candy as well.
although even in that scenario, ill still make a few bars of steel (along with every other metal possible), just to fulfill mandates.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / My submission for the dwarfiest singing to be found in our petty human society.
« on: November 02, 2011, 01:55:52 am »
Ladies and gentlemen, i give you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcW8srBCvUk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcW8srBCvUk
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What on earth am i supposed to do with all these migrants?
« on: November 01, 2011, 01:21:39 pm »
make them all masons.
have them spend a year churning out blocks.
build something HUGE.
have them spend a year churning out blocks.
build something HUGE.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Favorite/Best way to kill the gobrin sieges/ambushes?
« on: October 28, 2011, 11:13:46 pm »
well, my favorite way is FAR from the best way, but here it is:
I like to use outnumbered, under-trained, under-equipped military.
we don't often do well, but it's AWESOME!
ive even started using a uniform thats just loincloths, wood shields, steel helmets, leather boots and cloak, and misc melee weapon.
i might loose the loincloths...
I like to use outnumbered, under-trained, under-equipped military.
we don't often do well, but it's AWESOME!
ive even started using a uniform thats just loincloths, wood shields, steel helmets, leather boots and cloak, and misc melee weapon.
i might loose the loincloths...
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Argument for horizontal fortresses
« on: October 24, 2011, 02:06:56 pm »
i try and go half and half.
I put all the major bedrooms, workshop areas, storage, and whatnot all on about 5 lvls.
best of both worlds.
I put all the major bedrooms, workshop areas, storage, and whatnot all on about 5 lvls.
best of both worlds.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: So I started a new fortress.
« on: October 21, 2011, 08:52:18 pm »
sounds like its time for you to learn the joys of wooden shields and silver maces. train em enough and they'll be fine.
well not fine, but the combat will be WAY more epic.
or, you know, you could go straight for the blue stuff...
well not fine, but the combat will be WAY more epic.
or, you know, you could go straight for the blue stuff...
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Large gems. I need help
« on: October 21, 2011, 08:48:01 pm »
i cant believe after playing the game THIS LONG i still have to make threads like this.
ok, what's the freakin deal with large gems not going into stockpiles.
i've got 6 or so sitting around next to where the gem shop used to be with a stockpile that ONLY accepts large gems not 10 squares away.
I have 34 idle dwarves, and NONE of them will stock them.
As an experiment, i tried dumping one of them and like clockwork, urist came and got it. WTF?!
i also seem to have the same problem with totems as well as the issue that unless they're in a bin with something else, totems will not show up on the trade screen.
help?
ok, what's the freakin deal with large gems not going into stockpiles.
i've got 6 or so sitting around next to where the gem shop used to be with a stockpile that ONLY accepts large gems not 10 squares away.
I have 34 idle dwarves, and NONE of them will stock them.
As an experiment, i tried dumping one of them and like clockwork, urist came and got it. WTF?!
i also seem to have the same problem with totems as well as the issue that unless they're in a bin with something else, totems will not show up on the trade screen.
help?
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: best bin/barrel material other than wood
« on: October 19, 2011, 04:39:07 am »Slight derail: Poindexterity, why wooden shields? I figured metal would be better. Is there some quirk of game mechanics that makes wooden shields the best option?
cause material doesn't matter for shields. Also shield use, ive found to be the most important skill for a surviving military, so i like to start training them in it EARLY.