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[Tylui]

I've had my fort for about 8ish years...  Haven't really done a whole lot, though...  I'm looking for some ideas for action!  Or something not the same, at least...

Is activating the dwarven economy any fun?

I don't have any magma, so I never really got into the whole metalsmithing...  Trees are too precious.  I suppose I'll just burn 'em all anyway, and get some armor/weapons going.  That should increase the wealth, and maybe I'd get some sieges.

There isn't any way to entice other megabeasts to the scene, is there?  A titan showed up once...  I recruited every dwarf I had, and it was less of a challenge than a regular old Gob ambush.

In short; what should I do to increase the fun-level of this fort? ^_^

[ June 13, 2008: Message edited by: Tylui ]

[Dadamh]

Well, digging around to find gems, as well as metalsmiting, can help increase fort value and thus bring sieges, which can be interesting to break the tedium.  Turning economy on, assuming you have at least a baron to activate it, could cause problems that give you something to do at least.  

I don't know of any way of specifically attracting megabeasts.  You are correct about some of them not being that hard to kill.

The fact of the matter is that sometimes well-established and safe fortresses get dull.  There's not much to do if not much is happening.

[Run Comrades]

I'd say to focus on creating wealth to get sieges.  Once you do, you can think of all kinds of crazy ass traps to trap or kill the goblin invaders.  It is one of my favorite things to do, personally.

Goblins, when they are near enough, will chase down and kill any tame animal outside.  So all of the traps I make are based on that.  I put a cage in the trap that has a tame animal in it, and hook the cage to an indoor lever.  Then when a siege or ambush comes (usually siege) I'll release the animals. It is important to have the cage in some sort of room with a tightly closed door so the animals don't wander off.

From there, you can think of all kinds of awesome ways to kill your goblins.  Using pressure plates and whatever else.  One really simple one I build was a tower that had 2 platforms.  The first one (up a few levels) had the cage and the pressure plate on it.  Then up a few more levels was the other platform.  The pressure plate is attached to supports.  The supports are the only thing holding up the upper platform (you have to deconstruct the stairs leading to platform 2 once all the supports are linked to the plate, or it won't work.).  So when the goblins chase down the caged animal, step on the pressure plate, the whole tower topples onto them, and they die horribly.  

That is just one simple example, the possibilities are nearly endless.

Also make moving records of the traps as they work, they are REALLY fun to watch!  

[Lord Dullard]

The best way I've found to draw away from the tedium of established forts is to take on large projects.

You already said you don't have magma, but how about water? If you have a water source available, you could try designing an extensive water system for your fort, along with a defensible flooding chamber, waterfalls in your meeting hall to keep dwarves happy, et cetera.

Or build something large, like a huge military tower replete with murder holes, archer fortifications, and anything else you want to include.

Taking on large projects has multiple advantages in that it not only draws your attention away from the tedious parts of fortress management, but it also increases both your fortress value.