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duckInferno

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Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« on: November 15, 2010, 09:23:33 pm »

Every time an ambush occurs (pretty regular at the moment, as many as four ambushes directly after a caravan arrives), the goblins just duke it out with each other, even within their own ambush party.



It doesn't happen all the time -- I'm amassing a nice pile of bored and broken goblins in my pit trap -- but it's really annoying.  They show up, some make it to my fort and the rest kill each other then the run away due to their losses.  Wot :\
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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2010, 09:26:15 pm »

Could be two separate goblin civs at war with each other. Check the (c)ivilisations screen. If this is the case, there's not really much you can do about it but reap the spoils. You poor bastard. I guess if you're really that bored you could provoke the elves or humans.

But if they're actually fighting with their own squadmates, wow, something is up.
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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2010, 09:29:51 pm »

Could be two separate goblin civs at war with each other.

Goblin Leader 1:"Alright, time to get them dwarves for trying to take our land! Thog, get ready to throw yourself onto to the traps and jam em!"
Goblin Leader 2:"Oy! We were here first, and we're gonna kill these dwarves.!"
Goblin Leader 1:"Over my dead body! Thog, go throw yourself at those dumb goblins to confuse em!"

And thus they kill each other in a pointless conflict.

I've never seen more than one civilization show up per race. Did this change in the new version?
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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2010, 09:36:14 pm »

Maybe the goblins are suffering from some sort of loyalty cascade.
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duckInferno

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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2010, 10:00:04 pm »

Haha.  No, it's just the one goblin civ. 

Damn it, the one time I'm actually ready for the fuckers they don't want to play.  I have a nice line of steel axe-blade-x-10 traps ready to dismember, too.


edit: ARGH!  Just had six ambushes at once.  SIX!  And they all appeared instantly, at the edges of the map, nothing around to detect them.

Then DF crashed.  Craaaap
« Last Edit: November 15, 2010, 10:01:35 pm by duckInferno »
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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 10:03:47 pm »

Haha.  No, it's just the one goblin civ. 

Damn it, the one time I'm actually ready for the fuckers they don't want to play.  I have a nice line of steel axe-blade-x-10 traps ready to dismember, too.


edit: ARGH!  Just had six ambushes at once.  SIX!  And they all appeared instantly, at the edges of the map, nothing around to detect them.

Then DF crashed.  Craaaap
That was the weapon traps; they are bugged and crash the game when triggered
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duckInferno

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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 10:10:40 pm »

.. Well then.  :l

Adventure mode :D
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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2010, 10:15:54 pm »

.. Well then.  :l

Adventure mode :D

I tried playing adventure mode today. Over 5 different character in less than an hour. Here's how it went;

Beaten to death by night creature.
Eaten by surprise alligators
Leg ripped off by a camel, lead to a death much later
Smashed by Hammerlord
Eaten by surprise alligators again
Torn apart by Bogeymen

Good luck.
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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2010, 10:18:10 pm »

Beaten to death by night creature.
Eaten by surprise alligators
Leg ripped off by a camel, lead to a death much later
Smashed by Hammerlord
Eaten by surprise alligators again
Torn apart by Bogeymen

WELCOME TO DWARF FUCKING FORTRESS

fixed that for you

also, is the OP's screen what truetype looks like? A particular font? It's nice, I may go look up how to turn that on
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duckInferno

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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2010, 10:22:31 pm »

Yeah, it's Ironhand's graphics set.  Quite nice, liking it so far -- TT isn't turned on for the description screen yet though, which is arguably where it's needed the most.
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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2010, 10:35:26 pm »

Ohhh. I remember discarding it long ago after getting far too used to pheobus' super useful ore markings
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Re: Goblins using my fortress for deathmatch
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2010, 10:48:06 pm »

Sounds like this is happening to you.
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