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Shininglight

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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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Quote from: Mr Frog on August 24, 2012, 08:13:57 pm
tl;dr: My fortress is literally powered by puppy skulls.

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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012, 04:51:32 pm »
Turn them into miners, get them to dig out almost an entire z-level, then make them militia. Militia armed with picks are scary SOB's.
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2012, 04:53:38 pm »
Sounds like Megaproject time.
Get all the little buggers to build a grand monument, or if you want, some impenetrable defenses.
Something like a wall for your Marksdwarves to shoot from, a giant block that you crush enemies with, whatever.
Also, you got sieged by Coblins? Is that a mod?
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Quote from: GoombaGeek on August 07, 2012, 11:46:09 pm
This is a side-effect of dwarven animal training (hit animal with hammer until it forgets that it hates you, then lovingly cuddle it).

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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2012, 04:57:28 pm »
Quote from: Monk321654 on July 20, 2012, 04:53:38 pm
Also, you got sieged by Coblins? Is that a mod?

-_- Typo and it wasn't a siege, it was an ambush, 8 arrived all at once, slaughtered the elven cravan then most of my dwarves. I was being sieged by bat people at the time though so meh. I'm using the mastwerwork mod, as for defences i'm workign on that already with a large tower with fortification "windows" Here and there, this tower is the size of all of my existing fortifications as well. It's built on top of it all.

Still megaproject sounds like fun, i think i may go fir it.
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Quote from: Mr Frog on August 24, 2012, 08:13:57 pm
tl;dr: My fortress is literally powered by puppy skulls.

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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2012, 05:11:49 pm »
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It's what I'd do. Though I'd probably make them all soldiers AND masons/farmers. But not everyone's like that I guess.
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2012, 05:20:58 pm »
Mason Farmers! Growing you new Masons since 54!
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Quote from: GoombaGeek on August 07, 2012, 11:46:09 pm
This is a side-effect of dwarven animal training (hit animal with hammer until it forgets that it hates you, then lovingly cuddle it).

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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2012, 05:39:48 pm »
Make fifty buckets and designate many, many ponds. Preferably the pond zones should be useful for something.
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2012, 05:51:32 pm »
Moat filled by pond zones.

Though me, I'd start building a keep above the fort. A massive block wall, going up a couple z, then roof it over with a wall. Carve the walls into fortifications for archers.

Or start digging for magma mines.
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2012, 06:00:58 pm »
Build 40 pumps with no use and let your idling dwarfs pumping air. This way they are busy and train their attributes/stats
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2012, 02:19:26 am »
You need magma, you have dwarves, so, a dwarf powered pump stack?
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2012, 05:15:26 am »
Quote from: Shininglight on July 20, 2012, 04:57:28 pm
Still megaproject sounds like fun, i think i may go fir it.
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2012, 05:27:39 am »
Quote from: Helgoland on July 21, 2012, 05:15:26 am
Quote from: Shininglight on July 20, 2012, 04:57:28 pm
Still megaproject sounds like fun, i think i may go fir it.
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2012, 05:31:46 am »
Quote from: Corai on July 21, 2012, 05:27:39 am
Quote from: Helgoland on July 21, 2012, 05:15:26 am
Quote from: Shininglight on July 20, 2012, 04:57:28 pm
Still megaproject sounds like fun, i think i may go fir it.
Well, they can be a birch, but if the effort is well-rooted you willow pull it off.





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Ah, Corai, if I may just point you to this thread...
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Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on December 28, 2014, 03:28:43 am
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Quote from: Wolfhunter107 on May 26, 2017, 08:10:14 pm
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2012, 08:23:56 am »
Smothe and engrave EVERYTHING, including the entire mountain wall if you have one and all the caves!
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Re: What to do What to Do
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2012, 09:07:13 am »
Quote from: Helgoland on July 21, 2012, 05:31:46 am
Ah, Corai, if I may just point you to this thread...
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