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AlbeyAmakiir

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Archeologists!
« on: October 19, 2008, 05:12:36 am »
We have abandoned sites, but what about foundations and ruins of buildings that are left underground? Using the ledgends you could locate an old site, find nothing but fields, then organise an expedition with a handful of archeologists to find out as much as possible till you run out of supplies and have to leave. You'd have to be able to choose to dig either quickly or carefully depending if you were at the top or starting to find things. It would be a new way to get the world's history filled out. Although, it would be much rarer if play started before year 300.
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Warlord255

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Re: Archeologists!
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2008, 05:46:44 am »
More intricate ruins - such as finding entire buried structures, using algorithms similar to those that place mineral veins - would be pretty awesome.
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Re: Archeologists!
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2008, 07:00:15 am »
Check the Underground Development thread, you will be pleasantly surprised...
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Re: Archeologists!
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2008, 08:06:32 am »
 Of course, we would need to be able to equip the archeologists with whips. There can be no other way.
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Re: Archeologists!
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2008, 09:16:46 am »
Quote from: Duke 2.0 on October 19, 2008, 08:06:32 am
Of course, we would need to be able to equip the archeologists with whips. There can be no other way.

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Re: Archeologists!
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2008, 09:24:04 am »
Hmmm, better get to modding in Fedoras.
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Re: Archeologists!
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2008, 04:05:51 pm »
Quote from: Osmosis Jones on October 19, 2008, 09:24:04 am
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Re: Archeologists!
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2008, 06:02:29 pm »
I don't think Archeologists exist... I think what your refering to is Tomb Robbers
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