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Croaker

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Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« on: January 31, 2011, 07:23:19 pm »
For the record, I did try to search before I asked this.  No doubt it has been asked before, but perhaps my search-fu is weak.

If a dwarf has been jailed / hammered, do they learn a lesson?  Are they less inclined to commit crimes / beat wardogs to death because they had a tantrum?  Are they less likely to tantrum?
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2011, 07:27:14 pm »
Well, this is Dwarf Fortress and given the general intelligence of these dwarves, I believe the answer is fairly obvious.


Edit : It's no, by the way.
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2011, 07:31:27 pm »
When dwarves are released from jail they gain a large happiness boost, so for at least a short while they won't go on any tantrums.

But most of the "crimes" that dwarves commit are violations of production orders or violating export restrictions, which is stuff that you can directly control.
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 07:34:47 pm »
Quote from: Bouchart on January 31, 2011, 07:31:27 pm
But most of the "crimes" that dwarves commit are violations of production orders or violating export restrictions (...)

This is the reason why I don't appoint a guard at all.
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2011, 07:37:38 pm »
this is why you sacrifice yor anoying nobles to armok in *accident*
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2011, 07:40:17 pm »
If the dwarves being punished were at all involved in the crimes, then maybe there would be some possibility that they would learn, however, seeing as how dwarven 'justice' makes no sense whatsoever, the answer is no.

Think of it this way.

Dirtbag McTheif robs a convenience store, the police hear about it, and grab the first person they see and throw that person in prison.  That is the way dwarven justice works.
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Croaker

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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2011, 08:08:55 pm »
Damnit.  I would greatly appreciate it if Toadyone coded justice to be justified, and the 'victims' of such justification to learn something.

Thanks so much!
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2011, 08:19:16 pm »
But that would be much less funny.
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2011, 09:14:24 pm »
Quote from: Croaker on January 31, 2011, 08:08:55 pm
Damnit.  I would greatly appreciate it if Toadyone coded justice to be justified, and the 'victims' of such justification to learn something.

Thanks so much!

EVerything in time.  As it stands now, the justice system is nothing more than a stand-in for the finished product.  You have to keep in mind at all times that you are playing a game that is still very much in its infancy.
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2011, 09:19:19 pm »
cant wait to see the game when the testing phases are finished
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Re: Dwarves learning a hard lesson.
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2011, 09:52:13 pm »
I can't wait to start complaining about how they've sold out.
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