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[crossmr]

So the humans decided to lay siege to me. I have no idea why.. their last caravan was very profitable, I don't think they've had that many killed by goblins on the map, maybe none at all. But the siege itself is pretty pathetic, like 14 macemen and a couple archers. If it wasn't for numbers.. I'd go out and take them out. I have 3 legendary fighter/axe guys and 3 sword guys who are 1 or 2 steps away from being legendary.
I worry that 16 on 6 would give them too much of a number advantage. Also with my main door wide open, they just stood around and circled a bush rather than approach the entrance. I figured if I got some in a cage trap it might even things out but they wouldn't attack.

[Owlbread]

Don't butcher them, take them prisoner. This is a godsend, you have 16 pieces of easy meat for whatever you desire.

[crossmr]

unfortunately they wouldn't come into the fort. It's like they knew they were doomed. I had to wait. First a herd of giant capybara wandered between us, then a goblin ambush showed up, in the middle of my siege (again lame, like 5 bowmen, I took them out), and I tried to lure the humans in but nada. So I finally had to go out and slaughter them. I had just created a hammer dwarf squad, but my guys took no injuries. They absolutely decimated the lot of them. I think 3 humans made it to the edge of the map though.

[Marthnn]

16 against 6 is all right, if they are well trained. About any number against 6 is usually a win, at least for me.

The siege may be because the human civ and your dwarf civ declared war to each other... Can they do that after worldgen right now?

[utuki]

I recently had humanlike siege, ~15 archers on camels. They even tried to keep distance and running when dwarves get close. How the hell dwarves are supposed to attack mounted archers ...

[Mister Always]

I recently had humanlike siege, ~15 archers on camels. They even tried to keep distance and running when dwarves get close. How the hell dwarves are supposed to attack mounted archers ...

Marksdwarves.

Simples!

[Marthnn]

The obvious answer was magma. But sure, marksdwarves...

[Psieye]

When humans decide to siege, they do it the really annoying way - they camp for a few months before deciding to move out. This means you can't rely on static defences and it cuts off contact from the outside world for much longer than a goblin siege would.

[utuki]

Marksdwarves militia vs 15 archers ? that surely couldnt go wrong ...
And magma was more fun then useful, one of legendary warriors dodged in magma moat during that siege : /

[callahan.44]

The humans know where your traps are (if the liason/merchants have seen them on previous visits)
Its probably pathing to avoid traps that causes them to hang about outside.