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[someone12345]

A siege came, killed three dwarves who were outside, and decided to just sit there. There was a clear path from the outside  to the inside, but they did not come in (and get shredded by my 70+ traps). Even when I sent dwarves to bait them, they stayed where they were. Why is this?

[Tabris]

Siege forces follow learders which some times can get stuck or caught in traps. If the leaders fly them it's worse AFAIK.

[someone12345]

I think the leader got shot by a marksdwarf who I sent to bait the group.

[Sutremaine]

Any archers among them? You could build a platform out to the squads until the dwarves start getting spooked by the goblins, and then build a 10-long bridge starting just out of LOS. Then once it's done you station your marksdwarves at the end of the bridge, and hopefully they'll start taking potshots at the goblins.

You could also hand out crossbows to your masons, and once they catch sight of the goblins they'll shoot for a while before running away.

This won't be efficient -- they might just get bored and leave before you can force them to withdraw.

[someone12345]

I made a mistake. The goblin that got shot was not the squad leader but a random goblin. However, even though the squad leader is still alive, they are not moving. I might have to use DFHack just to kill them. I do not know what is wrong with the group.

[Niyazov]

are they on flying mounts? those can have trouble pathing. i think goblin siegers will only try to find a path into your fortress once (on arrival) and if that fails for any reason they'll just sit around until they see something to chase. if they're interrupted by combat, they might not resume pathing to your fortress once their enemy is dead or they lose sight of it.

a couple years back of toady mentioned that he intended to make siegers avoid heavily trapped entrances if prior attacks through them failed. i don't know if that ever made it into the game or not, but this would be the sort of behavior that would be expected if that were the case.

[Blue_Dwarf]

Are they sitting on the edge ofthe map, or near the traps?

Because invaders are smart occasionally.

[WhimsyWink]

Based on personal observation (meaning that I do not know of any official corroboration): If they have mounts and the mounts do not have legs, they will not be able to come inside.