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Argus_Mccray

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Age of the Dragon
« on: January 31, 2016, 11:59:40 am »
I got a notification in game that the world had entered the Age of the Dragon. The wiki entry for the calendar is not quite clear as to what this means. Does this mean that a Dragon is the only megabeast left, or that there are dragons as the dominant power in the world? Or is it something else entirely?
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Re: Age of the Dragon
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2016, 12:21:27 pm »
IIRC, it means you've got one specific dragon left as your only megabeast.

Unless you've modded a dragon civilization, in which case it might be that they're the only major power in the world. :P
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Re: Age of the Dragon
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2016, 02:45:55 pm »
It means a dragon has killed a signifigant percentage of the population. You can also get things like "The Age of the Dragon and Titan," meaning both a dragon and titan have killed a lot of stuff. "The Age of the Triad" means the same thing, but with three megabeasts. There's also the "Age of Extinction", where every civ is dead, and the "Age of Emptyiness", where everything in the world is dead.
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Re: Age of the Dragon
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2016, 03:32:47 pm »
I'd like to see more work done with ages. It seems like my worlds never get out of the Age of Myth. This is a little surprising since I dial up megabeasts to "very high", but I also have never run world gen for more than 600 years.
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Re: Age of the Dragon
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2016, 03:49:21 pm »
Quote from: Blue McRanger on January 31, 2016, 03:32:47 pm
I'd like to see more work done with ages. It seems like my worlds never get out of the Age of Myth. This is a little surprising since I dial up megabeasts to "very high", but I also have never run world gen for more than 600 years.

Why is that surprising? The age of myth is when there is a high megabeast population - you're increasing their numbers and not letting history run long enough for them to get killed off. You should be in the age of myth, it's working as intended.
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Re: Age of the Dragon
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2016, 04:29:17 pm »
i have  world that is in 'the gobbo age' huh?
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Re: Age of the Dragon
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2016, 05:20:23 pm »
Quote from: MoonyTheHuman on January 31, 2016, 04:29:17 pm
i have  world that is in 'the gobbo age' huh?

The most populous race in your world is goblins and there are no powers left alive.
« Last Edit: January 31, 2016, 05:23:11 pm by Man In Zero G »
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I haven't checked since I'm not doing bugs until after the release (well, I'm doing bugs, in the additive sense).

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Re: Age of the Dragon
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2016, 01:25:15 pm »
If you want rid of semi/mega beasts then dial caves down really low. I like worlds with lots of megabeasts and I've found that lots of caves keep them safe for a long time.
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