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Author Topic: On the effectiveness of the dodge pit  (Read 10687 times)

HorridOwn4ge

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Re: On the effectiveness of the dodge pit
« Reply #45 on: April 05, 2012, 09:02:14 am »

Windows are preferred for bait because goblins can't shoot through them.  Although windows can be destroyed, you can prevent this by placing the windows in an unreachable position.

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      ^This path leads to the entrance
As long as it loops around somehow, even if it goes to HFS and back 3 times and through a maze, the goblins will realize "there's some route to the kitten!  Onwards!"  Push the windows far enough away that trolls can't break them, and your bait will work.

Window behind a fortification?
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I got fed up with my fortress, so I decided to kill everyone (abandon is for elves) with a cave-in.

OK, cave-ins were always pretty deadly, but with the new falling object damage they are downright brutal.  As far as I can make out from the logs, many people were killed by the flying bodies of other victims.  One baby's corpse ricocheted off three other people, two walls and the floor.
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