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Haedrian

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Project Suggestions
« on: April 18, 2008, 04:48:00 pm »

I currently have a fort and its going great, I have a good military, a very trapped entrance and enough food to last me for many many years.

So now I'm bored, and I'm asking you to suggest building projects (preferably ones with a practical use) I can build. There's a brook in the map so water isn't a problem.

I already created a moat, a large reservoir (and pumped water upwards), and a large tower which I'll probably use to toss goblin prisoners from.

Any nice suggestions you can give me?

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Derakon

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Re: Project Suggestions
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2008, 04:57:00 pm »

Elaborate deathtraps are always good. They're more entertaining than basic traps and are a good way to test your design and planning skills. Get creative with:

* pumps, for both water and magma if you can swing it
* floodgates and hatches
* bridges
* pressure plates
* vertical spike traps

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umiman

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Re: Project Suggestions
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2008, 05:21:00 pm »

People always need that castle made of 100% silver and gold blocks floating in the sky and supported only by a single set of stairs to house their legendary weapons of mass decapitation.

zagibu

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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2008, 06:20:00 pm »

A big arena where you can stage goblin vs. beast fights is always a good sideproject. You can even get an audience, if you temporarily define a meeting zone and remove your regular meeting zones.
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Haedrian

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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2008, 02:32:00 am »

Hmm, my entrance is already finished, took me ages to do with green glass blocks, so I don't really want to mess it up.

I'll try building a small 'room' and use that for death-traps, I already can think of a nice one.

Can't build the nice castle made from gold and silver, because I don't have any *cry cry*, though I like the blue microcline

Hmm, I tried making the arena once... wasn't much of a success, but I'll do it after I catch a few prisoners.

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