Dwarf Fortress v13 - Orkel looses a roaring laughter, fell and terrible! - Games

Random pro-tip of the day: Do not leave DF map generating for a half hour or more. It was comparable to Coruscant from Star Wars. AKA a planet-wide city.

The thing that's killing stuff in my underworld/magma sea has just killed a ton of demons in the past month in game. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vHRMeRszw4[/media] including one made from steel, apparently.

Someone minted actual DF coins. [media]http://df.magmawiki.com/images/9/91/DorfCoin.jpg[/media]

[QUOTE=Pokey McFork;28914942]The thing that's killing stuff in my underworld/magma sea has just killed a ton of demons in the past month in game. [B]including one made from steel, apparently.[/B][/QUOTE] How the hell do you kill something made of steel (without cave-ins)? What is it, a adamantine giant with super-sharp blades instead of arms?

[QUOTE=acds;28915222]How the hell do you kill something made of steel (without cave-ins)? What is it, a adamantine giant with super-sharp blades instead of arms?[/QUOTE] Thats a frightening thought. Whatever it is, its got to be a straight up badass.

Also siege report: 21 Goblins on mounts and like 5 trolls charged the entrance, attacking the dwarven caravan in my depot and slaughtering them (I guess their shit is mine now). I raised the bridge so now the fortress is safe, though the ballista once again showed it's uselessness because it's imprecise as fuck and the enemies need to be close, but if they are the dwarf runs away so yeah, useless. I haven't lost anyone yet, Had my Marksdwarfs fire some bolts from the tower, but then retreated back to safety as 5 of the Goblins are archers, and fortifications don't seem to help much against arrows (I think I mortally wounded one or two though). Also caged 2 trolls, a Rutherer and a goblin. Right now it seems I can't do much, I have 5 Marksdwarfs and 5 Axedwarfs which are pretty good, but those archers will tear them apart in the open, and those mounts scare me quite a bit. I could face them in the U-bend which has 4 traps and would kind of negate their number advantage (and negate them the archers, while allowing me to use mine), but just because it worked for the Spartans it doesn't have to work for me (if they didn't have fucking mounts and trolls then I'd probably be able to do it). I'll probably wait it out, while taking a few potshots at them with my Marksdwarfs.

[QUOTE=Pokey McFork;28914942]The thing that's killing stuff in my underworld/magma sea has just killed a ton of demons in the past month in game. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vHRMeRszw4[/media] including one made from steel, apparently.[/QUOTE] Link to save please? I could get to the bottom of this! [editline]31st March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Orkel;28915205]Someone minted actual DF coins. [media]http://df.magmawiki.com/images/9/91/DorfCoin.jpg[/media][/QUOTE] It's not menacing with spikes of gold though :colbert:

[QUOTE=acds;28915412]Also siege report: 21 Goblins on mounts and like 5 trolls charged the entrance, attacking the dwarven caravan in my depot and slaughtering them (I guess their shit is mine now). I raised the bridge so now the fortress is safe, though the ballista once again showed it's uselessness because it's imprecise as fuck and the enemies need to be close, but if they are the dwarf runs away so yeah, useless. I haven't lost anyone yet, Had my Marksdwarfs fire some bolts from the tower, but then retreated back to safety as 5 of the Goblins are archers, and fortifications don't seem to help much against arrows (I think I mortally wounded one or two though). Also caged 2 trolls, a Rutherer and a goblin. Right now it seems I can't do much, I have 5 Marksdwarfs and 5 Axedwarfs which are pretty good, but those archers will tear them apart in the open, and those mounts scare me quite a bit. I could face them in the U-bend which has 4 traps and would kind of negate their number advantage (and negate them the archers, while allowing me to use mine), but just because it worked for the Spartans it doesn't have to work for me (if they didn't have fucking mounts and trolls then I'd probably be able to do it). I'll probably wait it out, while taking a few potshots at them with my Marksdwarfs.[/QUOTE] Normal goblin archers don't fire at fortifications. You should only be concerned of elite archers (usually a brighter green "g") that can completely ignore fortifications.

Great. Df crashed, and I lost the better part of a day of work. Including most of the fort.

Orkel, could you re-post your pack o' stuff for the current version?

[QUOTE=Orkel;28915630]Normal goblin archers don't fire at fortifications. You should only be concerned of elite archers (usually a brighter green "g") that can completely ignore fortifications.[/QUOTE] Yeah I think at least one is, but by the speed they spit arrows I'd say it's more like 3.

[QUOTE=Pokey McFork;28915682]Great. Df crashed, and I lost the better part of a day of work. Including most of the fort.[/QUOTE] Your fault for not saving :colbert: [editline]31st March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=MrBob1337;28915687]Orkel, could you re-post your pack o' stuff for the current version?[/QUOTE] [url]http://horobox.co.uk/u/Orkel_1301602929.rar[/url]

Thanks!

Gotta love the brutality of the reports from fighting. I was tired of some badgers annoying my gatherers so I made up an army and killed them, with their fists. One dwarf hit the badger in the skull crushing its brain.

[QUOTE=acds;28915222]How the hell do you kill something made of steel (without cave-ins)? What is it, a adamantine giant with super-sharp blades instead of arms?[/QUOTE] Like this wonderful fellow? [img]http://suvudu.com/files/mt-files/The%20Shrike.jpg[/img] He would be the ultimate DF challenge, practically unbeatable [editline]31st March 2011[/editline] Can time-travel, make infinite copies of itself, indestructible, faster than light, can teleport you into an alternate timeline consisting of pure pain, and tends to impale people onto a giant spiked metal tree to suffer for eternity.

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;28916905]Like this wonderful fellow? [img_thumb]http://suvudu.com/files/mt-files/The%20Shrike.jpg[/img_thumb] He would be the ultimate DF challenge, practically unbeatable [editline]31st March 2011[/editline] Can time-travel, make infinite copies of itself, indestructible, faster than light, can teleport you into an alternate timeline consisting of pure pain, and tends to impale people onto a giant spiked metal tree to suffer for eternity.[/QUOTE] The fuck is that? Its awesome! :buddy:

[QUOTE=Soul_Reaver;28916980]The fuck is that? Its awesome! :buddy:[/QUOTE] Image URL > The Shrike.jpg [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shrike[/url]

Strange. I may read those novels. I just finished Under The Dome today, so thanks for the unintentional recommendation!

Well, uh, you're welcome. I never really "got" the Hyperion series but I suppose it's decent. [tab]read a song of ice and fire[/tab]

I'm so going to give goblins better metals in my next fort. Their constant copper armor is absolutely useless and no challenge at all. [img]http://horobox.co.uk/u/Orkel_1301609466.png[/img]

[QUOTE=Orkel;28917421]I'm so going to give goblins better metals in my next fort. Their constant copper armor is absolutely useless and no challenge at all. [img_thumb]http://horobox.co.uk/u/Orkel_1301609466.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] It's very easy to give them up to bronze and steel grade weapons/armor in the raws, I recommend doing that.

[quote=Canuhearme?]It's not menacing with spikes of gold though [/quote] on that topic [img]http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/8051/dumbfortressbread.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;28917401]Well, uh, you're welcome. I never really "got" the Hyperion series but I suppose it's decent. [tab]read a song of ice and fire[/tab][/QUOTE] Any further explanation?

How do I check battle reports and stuff in normal fortress mode?

[QUOTE=Teh Soviet;28919859]How do I check battle reports and stuff in normal fortress mode?[/QUOTE] press r when you see a red c at the upper right

stone everywhere

Good god, what happened to y'all's avatars.

So, goblin ambush, they kill almost every dwarf in the fortress, while everyone is miserable and going beserk, one of my dwarfs is ecstatic (996).

[QUOTE=filipegroh;28920212]So, goblin ambush, they kill almost every dwarf in the fortress, while everyone is miserable and going beserk, one of my dwarfs is ecstatic (996).[/QUOTE] blood and guts this is his happy place

FUCK I realized I'm out of drinks, and my dwarves are dying! I named my dwarves after my irl friends, and my best friend just died of thirst while mining my new workshop area, how do I get drinks fast? [editline]31st March 2011[/editline] Crap, he also turned out to be my only miner.