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Cespinarve

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Sixth Age of Myth
« on: September 05, 2014, 02:20:36 pm »

According to the wiki "Some megabeasts (namely dragons and rocs) can reproduce during world generation, but such an event is fantastically unlikely" - however, on the latest world I generated (1050 years) the age of myth came again six times (and, indeed, ended world gen on it). Such a thing could only occur, I presume, with megabeast breeding - there is at least one dragon I know who did so, and there may (indeed must) be more.* Has anyone else noticed an increase in megabeast breeding? Is the wiki no longer accurate?


*I'm at work and cannot check at the moment.
« Last Edit: September 05, 2014, 03:11:41 pm by Cespinarve »
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Re: Sixth Age of Myth
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2014, 04:04:38 am »

According to the wiki, the various 'mythical creature' ages are determined by the population of things tagged as megabeast, semimegabeast, - or 'power'. 'Powers' can include forgotten beasts, and unless I miss my mark, FB's aren't counted until they are unleashed upon the surface - or into the halls of a hapless Dwarven settlement, as the case may be. You may want to look into how many fortresses have fallen to forgotten beast attacks in the world you described.
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Re: Sixth Age of Myth
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2014, 03:56:33 pm »

The ages also trigger on %'s remember, not hard numbers.

The Age of Myth is a time where....iirc like 80% of creatures were magical.  On the whole this % falls over history since civilizations expand, but if the magic beasties thrive and the civs suffer losses then its going to climb.

I've seen the Ages pendulum or seesaw a bit like this on some extreme worlds where the civs are having a real hard time hanging on, they are dying faster than the exotic stuff.
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Re: Sixth Age of Myth
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2014, 10:05:16 am »

Someone should try digging into hell with a straight path toward the surface, with plenty of furniture to lead them there.

Then we'll see what the goblins can do about it.
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Re: Sixth Age of Myth
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2014, 11:50:34 pm »

I once had a world continuously ping-pong from the Age of Myth to the Age of Legends, finally resting on the 5th Age of Myth. I imagine the peoples of the world saying, "Okay, we've slain a lot of mythical beasts, they're gone," and then Titans, Megabeasts, and FB's coming up and saying "Nope." In fact, each age of legends was like 5 years long at most and seemed to end around Titan and FB attacks.
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Re: Sixth Age of Myth
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2014, 12:10:13 am »

I recall in 40.13 I got Goblin Age, when goblins ruled the world.
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