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Author Topic: Age of world - what do you prefer?  (Read 2456 times)

beef623

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Re: Age of world - what do you prefer?
« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2014, 12:34:44 pm »

I usually run short histories and embark in the nasty biomes through the frequent update period, then switch to long histories after the releases get a little more stable. I don't usually have to worry about getting too attached to a fort I may not be able to keep that way.
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Re: Age of world - what do you prefer?
« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2014, 03:13:24 pm »

I usually go for something like 125 years (and no more than 250), just to optimize the save/load time. It also usually ensures more megabeasts alive... and not too many persons who were born "in a time before time". Still provides for quite a good amount of interesting history stuff, I guess.
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Re: Age of world - what do you prefer?
« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2014, 06:17:04 pm »

Thanks for your responses everyone, really helpful!

I just upgraded to a new PC so I've been 'stress-testing' it by running 1050-year builds on Large worlds (just default building parameters, am too afraid to go near the advanced stuff!).

I do like a lot of mega beasts running around, as well as some civ conflict, but I've been starting a few fortresses in some Age of Goblins worlds. If the game wouldn't persist on crashing I would be interested in seeing how a world like that played out with the updates, but that can wait. :)
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Re: Age of world - what do you prefer?
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2014, 08:16:30 am »

Age of Batman

I'd like to try to keep it in the Age of Legends for 1000+ years, with just enough mega and semi-megabeast to keep the civ population in check but not exterminate them before the civs finally get the upper hand and it goes into Myths. Maybe I have those two backwards but I'm sure you know what I mean.
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Re: Age of world - what do you prefer?
« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2014, 09:17:53 pm »

depends on what I'm wanting to do.
like sometimes I'll want age of goblins so that I may kill all/almost all of them and then run a fortress and secure dwarven dominate of the world.
though if modding for adventure mode so I can make stuff I may set the savagery and number of beasts very high so I can survive as one of the only/only civilized being in existence.
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