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Tsarwash

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Migrant skills ? Random
« on: August 09, 2010, 04:56:30 pm »
Anybody know this ? Are the skills that the migrants have, linked to anything, or are they randomly given. I am wondering whether more profitable or prolific trading has any impact on the quality of the migrants that arrive.
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Re: Migrant skills ? Random
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2010, 05:08:23 pm »
I have always thought they were random.  I've never had any reason to think otherwise.  Anyone else out there have any additional information?

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Re: Migrant skills ? Random
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2010, 06:40:32 pm »
Immigrant skills are totally random (as in you won't get them based on anything you do), but all their skills will be related at least. And 90% of the time they're the most useless sets of profession skills.
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Re: Migrant skills ? Random
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2010, 06:47:04 pm »
I have often felt that the migrants were filling in weak spots in my roster, ending with the medical professionals, and aiming for 200 total.  When I reduced the population limit to less than 200, I don't get as even a distribution.  I believe it also tries to cycle through religions and balance the genders.  I don't have any statistics to back this up.  It is just my impression.
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Re: Migrant skills ? Random
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2010, 11:28:19 am »
I figured it was somehow affected by the work being done in the fort.  I dont make cloth or glass and I dont see many clothiers, after the armor production gets going in year 2, I always seem to get a few armorsmiths, ditto with weaponsmiths next migrant dump. 

 I also seem to get alot more stonecrafters than any other type of craftsdwarf.  I make big piles of stone crap early on, but stuff all other crafts.

  And soapmakers just turn up for the hell of it.
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