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[rephikul]

Siege length and frequency, completion/failure of mandates and death of nobles should change your fortress's happiness on a large scale. This improve siege stagnation, reduce the amount of unfortunate events and make trade much more useful.

Morever, instead of an instant thought to all dwarfs as these events occur, I suggest global trackers for their effects that work independent to the current system, thus still allow the possibility of a highly efficient fortress to crumble, instead of quickly brought back to normal with mundane happy thought.
 
An example:
Real Happiness = Min((personal happiness)*(1+(society happiness modifier)) , 200)

Society Happiness Modifier is a combination of:
 + Siege Length Effect. Sieges which last too long slowly reduce happiness. When siege a lifted, minor instantly boosts are applied then it slowly go back to 0.
 + Mandate Completion / Failure. Completion give minor happiness. Failure give major unhappiness. There's a small positive cap for Mandate Effect, and no negative cap.
 + Death of nobles: every time a noble die, it cause minor un happiness modifier, then it slowly reset back to 0. This effect is reduced if the noble has an appropriately sized tomb or better.

[Rowanas]

From your calculation there I surmise that the game would track your least happy dwarf and base much of the fortress's happiness on that one unhappy dwarf. Why would this be beneficial to enjoyment of the game?

[Lord Shonus]

No, what I think he's suggesting is that a dwarf's happiness gains a modifier based on an entirely new happiness scale, which applies to the fort as a whole. From what I gather, while individal dwarves are directly affected by micro-scale events (deaths of known dwarves, poor quaters, etc) they will also be eindiretly affected by  macro-scale events (drawn-out sieges, lost battles, resources shortages, etc).


I think this would b a good idea. Makes the fort seem like a society than a loose association of individuals.

[RavingManiac]

In the current situations, there are already some mood modifiers that affect the entire fortress, such as striking adamantine. Having more of such modifiers for sieges, deaths, and so on would probably have a similar effect to what is suggested in the OP.

[Lord Shonus]

Still applies directly on an individual level. I think he's suggesting something a bit more subtle.

[rephikul]

No, what I think he's suggesting is that a dwarf's happiness gains a modifier based on an entirely new happiness scale, which applies to the fort as a whole. From what I gather, while individal dwarves are directly affected by micro-scale events (deaths of known dwarves, poor quaters, etc) they will also be eindiretly affected by  macro-scale events (drawn-out sieges, lost battles, resources shortages, etc).


I think this would b a good idea. Makes the fort seem like a society than a loose association of individuals.

That's indeed what i was trying to convey. The difference with current micro event is that these modifiers are not absolute as with happy thought (-2 -1 +2 etc), but in multiplier (-10% -5% +5% etc.) That's why i elaboratedt how they should be indivdually tracked, and maybe other posters got lost in the muncho jumbo.