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Gabeux

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Pissing off a civ
« on: August 18, 2011, 11:36:03 pm »

Hey there.

I've been trying to provoke a war between my civ and humans for a while now.
In adventure mode, I killed their old law-giver and massacred their two towns..now in fortress mode, it's the third year they come with their caravan, which I always pillage or murder, depending on my mood.

Now, for my surprise, they've sent a diplomat, their caravan is more guarded than usual, and also they seem much more rich/developed in their goods..
So I seized what I wanted and killed their diplomat before he managed to get in my fort to spy on my traps.

Will this lead to a siege, sometime? Or now that their leader is killed, they can't declare war?

Thanks!
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2011, 12:42:01 am »

After a few fruitful years of trading with humans, a human diplomat showed up at the map's edge right next to a panda.  There was no way I could get there in time, and it shredded him.  The next time I saw humans, was as a siege.

Based on that limited experience, I think you've got a siege coming.
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2011, 12:50:32 am »

Awesome. Finally, then!

Also, their diplomat was their law-giver, only leader..so I guess they may be A BIT pissed off..
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2011, 08:10:22 am »

I murdered every single caravan, diplomat, and tree I could find and the elves never went to war with me. Nothings ever simple.

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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2011, 08:35:12 am »

I once got a human diplomat that died of old age right at the map edge... of course I got blamed and they brought lots of iron weapons the next year - pointy end first, of course. The year after that, they sent a new diplomat with a peace offering which I accepted because I wanted to finish my megaproject before going to war.

I found elves really hard to piss off during the game, but somehow managed to gen a few worlds with elves at war from the beginning. Their first attacks usually come at the same time as the first goblin ambushes. They're very easy to kill but also completely useless as they only bring wooden weapons and armor. Only the archers are really annoying, especially if there are 20 of them at once.
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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2011, 12:26:19 pm »

After a few fruitful years of trading with humans, a human diplomat showed up at the map's edge right next to a panda.  There was no way I could get there in time, and it shredded him.  The next time I saw humans, was as a siege.

Based on that limited experience, I think you've got a siege coming.
A panda shreded him?
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2011, 12:30:41 pm »

A panda shreded him?
Pandas can be pretty dangerous, both in df and in real life. Just because something looks friendly, it doesn't mean it is friendly.
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2011, 12:31:02 pm »

After a few fruitful years of trading with humans, a human diplomat showed up at the map's edge right next to a panda.  There was no way I could get there in time, and it shredded him.  The next time I saw humans, was as a siege.
Based on that limited experience, I think you've got a siege coming.
A panda shreded him?
Pandas can be vicious, I had one decapitate a bronze arm(or)ed (DIY embark set) axe dwarf.
On a caravan note, I tend to use the first caravan or two of elves to help me beat off the goblin ambush. By use, I mean I send them to their deaths, hoping they split the goblins up so that they can be zerg rushed more easily. I generally don't stop killing them, yet they have yet to siege me....
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2011, 02:44:19 pm »

I tried killing a whole human caravan, then tried just seizing goods, and they did nothing.
Now, on the 3rd year, that diplomat arrived..so I killed everyone except one trader, so he go back to his town and tell his friends to come have Fun with me next summer...I hope it happens.

Too bad I won't be able to play much this weekend: My queen is almost arriving, I'm almost finishing my castle, I'm waiting for goblin/human siege (and maybe an elf siege since I seized their goods 2 times now)...I also want to have another try at desalinating water, since everything I do, my wells' buckets keep getting "water laced with salt" stuff..

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« Last Edit: August 19, 2011, 02:48:35 pm by Gabeux »
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2011, 03:31:23 pm »

If you want a war with the Elves, you'll need to mod their Diplomats back into the game (which, unfortunately, must be done prior to worldgen). There's a thread over in the Modding forum which describes how to accomplish this.
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2011, 03:40:23 pm »

Elves can suck it, I steal all their wood and booze every year so they leave and I get booze with a nice complementary pile of effortless wood.
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2011, 02:54:35 pm »

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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2011, 02:59:15 pm »

I'm going into year 7 and every year have killed the elves after seizing their goods, in hopes of a siege. This last time I killed 2 of their merchants and then chopped off the arms and a leg of the third to leave him crawling (or hopping back) to tell his civilization what happened. I want their horses.
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Re: Pissing off a civ
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2011, 03:08:26 pm »

Don't elves give you better stuff if they hate you? I heard they assign exotic animals to a lower priority than cloth or something.