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FearfulJesuit

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Killer Pandas
« on: March 18, 2011, 09:28:37 am »
In my most recent fortress, which was a nanofortress, I had pandas and their relatives (gigantic pandas and panda men) carry off about 5 dwarves in a 20-dwarf fortress for seemingly no reason. Seriously, they're almost as bad as the Boatmurdered elephants. Anybody else had this problem with bloodthirsty pandas?
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Re: Killer Pandas
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2011, 09:31:30 am »
The Pandas in my fortress did seem somewhat more violent than other animals, attacking dwarves for no reason. Never actually did any damage, though.
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Re: Killer Pandas
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2011, 09:43:49 am »
I find it a good source of fun! Three deaths to pandas so far, two of which were pandamen. Do you know how many bolts those guys can take? I got a bunch of dabbling archers up to competent by using wooden arrows and a crippled panda.
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« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2011, 09:58:11 am »
You'll also notice in world gen giant pandas are more dangerous than trolls.
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Re: Killer Pandas
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2011, 10:02:09 am »
They sure seem to be more violent and bloodthirsty than the other livestock!

I haven't met the gigantic ones yet, but i can confirm that fights amongst the standard-sized variety happen a lot, usually a very disheartening adults vs cubs. I suspect they become so aggressive cause of the bamboo regrowth, since normal grass is starting to outnumber the bamboo tiles in my temperate conifer map, and they find themselves with less food every year.

Panda people seem pretty shy, even when in huge groups of almost a dozen, but when cornered they are deadly, almost always opening the fight with a chokehold to the throat.
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