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Noobazzah

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Drunians vs. war dogs
« on: August 04, 2012, 03:12:23 pm »
I was able to embark with drunians and after some years I now have avbout ten adults and a bunch of children. How good are they in combat, compared to dogs for instance? I need reliable fodder to my defence.
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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2012, 04:07:19 pm »
thay are bigger than dogs but take longer to grow up (2 years vs 1)
so thay should be better in a fight but not a massive step up.

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Agree, plus that's about the LAST thing *I* want to see from this kind of game - author spending valuable development time on useless graphics.

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Noobazzah

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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2012, 04:10:36 pm »
Okay, but enough to take down random thieves and wildlife without military aid?
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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2012, 04:38:57 pm »
Slower growing but stronger actually sounds like a bonus. I get more puppies than my butchers can deal with. :\ Obviously I try to keep a base population as dogs are useful. They have saved many a fort. haha
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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2012, 07:08:59 pm »
According to the wiki (and from my own underground experience) drunians have poisonous bites, so that might be a deal sealer.

EDIT: Well, I probably misread some of the raws (with which I'm not proficient, by the way) and gave dubious information, not on purpose. I once saw a couple of dwarves die on their hospital beds from drunian-made wounds, but is open to verification.
« Last Edit: August 04, 2012, 07:32:54 pm by Valtam »
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Quote from: Sutremaine on July 13, 2013, 04:36:31 pm
Quote from: keegspot on July 13, 2013, 12:53:07 pm
my first quest was to seige a nemacrcors tower i killed 3 nemacrcors the got killed by a zombie fly.
How on earth did you manage to do that twice?

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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2012, 07:52:06 pm »
Are you sure they didn't just bleed out? Poison isn't the only cause of delayed deaths.
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Noobazzah

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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2012, 06:27:01 am »
I don't think there's poison in their bites. Propably they died of infection or bleeding.
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Valtam

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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2012, 02:05:29 pm »
Indeed, it could've been infection. It's just that it never happened before with wounded dwarves.

Sorry for the misinformation but...
Well, in any case, drunians are better.
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Quote from: Sutremaine on July 13, 2013, 04:36:31 pm
Quote from: keegspot on July 13, 2013, 12:53:07 pm
my first quest was to seige a nemacrcors tower i killed 3 nemacrcors the got killed by a zombie fly.
How on earth did you manage to do that twice?

Noobazzah

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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2012, 03:07:56 pm »
Excellent. I also only rarely lose dwarves to infection, mainly due to the fact that I have plenty of soap. Altough cleaning with stagnant water hasn't done anyhting bads either, at least yet.
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Viking

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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2012, 08:53:14 pm »
How to you manage to keep enough soap around? Are you just super vigilant about it?
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Noobazzah

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Re: Drunians vs. war dogs
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2012, 05:35:40 am »
I only allow my hospital to store soap, nothing else. And then I forbid the dwarves from cooking some individual tallow, like pig tallow. Then I just make some lye and then soap. Any excess soap will cause my dwarves happy thoughts, while the minimum amount in my hospital ensures that no-on gets infections from shitty water.
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