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New Pre-Embark Structures
« on: April 21, 2016, 07:41:07 pm »

I would like to see some new world structures being built.
A colloseum for the martial nations,
Theatres to display music and poetry and dance,
aqueducts for nations in the desert,
Perhaps giant monuments, that commemorate a specific event, maybe an era changing event.. Say you killed the last megabeast, the citizens of your patron nation would like to build a memorial for you.
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Re: New Pre-Embark Structures
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2016, 09:55:30 am »

A Colosseum for the martial nations...

Sounds good, although an arena would probably be more likely, as it is easier to build.

Theatres to display music and poetry and dance...

You mean besides the already-existing taverns? Sure.

Aqueducts for nations in the desert...

Sounds a bit unlikely. Sure, it's before the cutoff, but how many civilizations have made aqueducts? Try wells and aquifers and rivers.

Perhaps giant monuments, that commemorate a specific event, maybe an era changing event.. Say you killed the last megabeast, the citizens of your patron nation would like to build a memorial for you.

Sounds a bit tricky, unless you just mean a giant building, somewhat like a tomb. No likenesses could be in it, except engravings, because DF doesn't actually know the shape of its dwarves to the point where it could actually draw them better than ☺.

Also, the player should not be directly addressed. Build a memorial for the brave soldiers that took it down.

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Re: New Pre-Embark Structures
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2016, 11:40:46 am »

A non-player construction that puts a well into an aquifer would be impressive.
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Re: New Pre-Embark Structures
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2016, 11:50:34 am »

I feel that there is and always has been a clear divisio between "tavern" music and "hall" music, even though the lines blur nowadays.
It would be interesting if you could have a a paralel aristocratic society, next to the regular society. An aristocrat who likes music and is artsy inclined, could order the invention a new dance form to commemorate important stuff (maybe related to dynamic law changes in future versions, or the addition of a god to the pantheon etc.).
This aristocratic art would at first be displayed at the theatre... Also bands of musicians could create operas sometimes.

I would just like to see more structural buildings on the historic map. As such places have often become centres of interesting societal shifts and such.
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