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Ekaton

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The Big Wait
« on: December 14, 2018, 07:54:54 pm »
Real life issues prevent me from following DF’s development actively, could someone please sum up what features we are likely to get before the dreaded Big Wait, and what we are likely to get in the release that follows it?

Much obliged!
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Re: The Big Wait
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2018, 07:59:01 pm »
http://bay12games.com/dwarves/dev.html

Read everything up to "Fortress Starting Scenarios", with everything listed above "Creation Myths and Magic Systems" being pre-Big Wait. :)
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Re: The Big Wait
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2018, 08:00:04 pm »
Quote from: PlumpHelmetMan on December 14, 2018, 07:59:01 pm
http://bay12games.com/dwarves/dev.html

Read everything up to "Fortress Starting Scenarios", with everything listed above "Creation Myths and Magic Systems" being pre-Big Wait.

Thank you!
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Re: The Big Wait
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2018, 09:03:14 pm »
In one of the last FotF replies, Toady said "I am in a state of total ambivalence on sieges currently, ha ha ha.  At this point, it doesn't make sense to commit to either way, since the feeling on the ground will be whatever it is when the villains are released." in response to someone asking if we're gonna get improved sieges before the big wait. It looks like we don't really know how much more of the pre-big wait candidate features we're gonna get after the villain update. It's gonna depend on how the villain gameplay will feel like.
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Re: The Big Wait
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2018, 10:36:42 pm »
I personally hope he finds time to tweak the current sieges at least a little bit, but I also appreciate the fact that he's more than ready to move onto the Big Wait after a much longer delay on villains than expected.
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Quote from: EuphoriaToRegret on April 25, 2018, 03:43:30 pm
It's actually pretty terrifying to think about having all of your fat melt off into grease because you started sweating too much.

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Re: The Big Wait
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2018, 01:42:26 am »
what is the big wait?
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Re: The Big Wait
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2018, 01:44:38 am »
The projected several-year gap in DF releases over which Toady will be developing the myth and magic system. Scheduled to begin at some point in 2019.
« Last Edit: December 16, 2018, 01:47:48 am by PlumpHelmetMan »
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Re: The Big Wait
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2018, 10:05:37 pm »
Just started reading through the planned feature list...here's one I like the phrasing of:

"Responding properly to personal fire issues (all modes)"
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Re: The Big Wait
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2018, 06:33:03 am »
That's part of the general list though :) (And it would be when constructions are made flammable too).

That is to say, we might get it during the big wait, or during this current dev arc, or during a much later one :)
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