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Thk13421

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Goblin Civil War
« on: April 23, 2011, 08:23:29 am »
The last two times my fortress has been ambushed, the goblins in each squad will briefly turn on each other, and reduce their own numbers by about a quarter before they go back into hiding. Has anyone else ever seen this?
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Dantrithor

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Re: Goblin Civil War
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2011, 09:03:23 am »
I saw something similar with two diferent ambushes. I had a retracting row of bridges as first defence line, to keep all the goblins in a pit several Z-level's below (for broken feet/legs). When a second ambush appeared, i also dropped them there, and they began fighting each other.

As a related note, the winner of that fight (sole survivor) was a goat that fell there too, which smashed a goblin's head (a goblin who kept fainting) until it died. Unfortunately it bled out before I could dig it out of the moat.
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wuphonsreach

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Re: Goblin Civil War
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 09:04:15 am »
Quote from: Thk13421 on April 23, 2011, 08:23:29 am
The last two times my fortress has been ambushed, the goblins in each squad will briefly turn on each other, and reduce their own numbers by about a quarter before they go back into hiding. Has anyone else ever seen this?

Happened a lot in 31.18, I have yet to see it happen in 31.25.
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